sekstan

Faroese

numeral

Definitions

sixteen, cardinal number after fimtan and before seytjan

Etymology

Derived from Old Norse sextán derived from Proto-Germanic *sehstehun.

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*sehstehun

Gloss

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

seksten Norwegian Bokmål
*sehstehun Proto-Germanic
seksten Norwegian Nynorsk
siextiene Old English
siextīene Old English
sixtēne Old English
sextán Old Norse
seksten Danish
sextán Icelandic
sehszehan Old High German
*sestēn Old Dutch
sehstein Old Saxon
sæxtan Old Swedish
sjäkstǫ Elfdalian