fimmtán

Icelandic

**Icelandic cardinal numbers**
< 14	15	16 >
Cardinal : fimmtán Ordinal : fimmtándi

Etymology

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

Numeral

fimmtán

fifteen; the cardinal number after fjórtán and before sextán.

Related terms

(ordinal form) fimmtándi m, fimmtánda f or n

Old Norse

**Old Norse numbers ^(edit)**
^{[a], [b], [c]} ← 14	15	16 →
Cardinal: fimmtán, fimtán Ordinal: fimmtándi, fimtándi

Alternative forms

fimtán

Etymology

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

Numeral

fimmtán

(cardinal number) fifteen

Descendants

Icelandic: fimmtán
Faroese: fimtan
Norwegian Nynorsk: femten
Norwegian Bokmål: femten
Swedish: femton
Danish: femten

References

fimtán in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

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