Icelandic edit

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

Etymology edit

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

Numeral edit

fimmtán

  1. fifteen; the cardinal number after fjórtán and before sextán.

Related terms edit

Old Norse edit

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

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

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

Numeral edit

fimmtán

  1. (cardinal number) fifteen

Descendants edit

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

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