sextán

See also: sextan

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse sextán, from Proto-Germanic *sehstehun.

Numeral

sextán

sixteen; the cardinal number after fimmtán and before sautján.

Related terms

(ordinal form) sextándi m, sextánda f, n.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sehstehun. Compare Old Saxon sehstein, Old Frisian sextīne, Old English siextīene, Old High German sehszehan, Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿𐌽 (saihstaihun).

Numeral

sextán

sixteen

Descendants

Danish: seksten
Faroese: sekstan
Icelandic: sextán

Norwegian: seksten (Bokmål), seksten (Nynorsk)
Swedish: sexton

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