fjórtán

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Contents

1 Icelandic
- 1.1 Etymology
- 1.2 Cardinal number
  - 1.2.1 Related terms
2 Old Norse
- 2.1 Etymology
- 2.2 Cardinal number
  - 2.2.1 Descendants

Icelandic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse fjórtán, from Proto-Germanic *fedurtehun.

Cardinal number[edit]

fjórtán

fourteen; the cardinal number after þrettán and before fimmtán.

Related terms[edit]

(ordinal form) fjórtándi m, fjórtánda f and n.

Old Norse[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *fedurtehun. Compare Old Saxon fiuwartein, Old Frisian fiūwertīne, Old English feowertīene, Old High German fiorzehan, Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐌳𐍅𐍉𐍂𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿𐌽 (fidwortaihun).

Cardinal number[edit]

fjórtán

fourteen

Descendants[edit]

Danish: fjorten
Faroese: fjúrtan
Icelandic: fjórtán

Norwegian: fjorten
Swedish: fjorton

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