sextán

Icelandic

numeral

Definitions

sixteen; the cardinal number after fimmtáfimmtán and before sautjásautján.

Etymology

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

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*sehstehun

Gloss

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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
sehszehan Old High German
sekstan Faroese
*sestēn Old Dutch
sehstein Old Saxon
sæxtan Old Swedish
sjäkstǫ Elfdalian