fimmtán

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse fimmtán, from Proto-Germanic *fimftehun.

Numeral

fimmtán

(cardinal) fifteen; the cardinal number after fjórtán and before sextán.

Related terms

(ordinal form) fimmtándi m, fimmtánda f, n.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fimftehun. Compare Old Saxon fīftein, Old Frisian fīftīne, Old English fīftīene, Old High German fimfzehan, Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐌼𐍆𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿𐌽 (fimftaihun).

Numeral

fimmtán

fifteen

Descendants

Danish: femten
Faroese: fimtan
Icelandic: fimmtán

Norwegian: femten (Bokmål), femten (Nynorsk)
Swedish: femton

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