átján

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Contents

1 Icelandic
2 Old Norse
- 2.1 Etymology
- 2.2 Cardinal number
  - 2.2.1 Descendants

Icelandic [edit]

Alternative forms [edit]

áttján (archaic)

Etymology [edit]

From Old Norse átján, from Proto-Germanic *ahtōutehun. Cognate with the Swedish arton, Danish atten, English eighteen and German achtzehn.

Cardinal number [edit]

átján (indeclinable)

eighteen; the cardinal number after sautján and before nítján.

Derived terms [edit]

Related terms [edit]

(ordinal form) átjándi m, átjánda f and n

Old Norse [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Proto-Germanic *ahtōutehun. Compare Old English eahtatīene, Old High German ahtozehan, Gothic 𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌰𐌿𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿𐌽 (ahtautaihun).

Cardinal number [edit]

átján

eighteen

Descendants [edit]

Danish: atten
Faroese: átjan
Icelandic: átján

Norwegian: atten
Swedish: arton, aderton

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