sextán

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See also: sextan

Contents

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

Icelandic[edit]

**Icelandic cardinal numbers**
< 15	16	17 >
Cardinal : sextán Ordinal : sextándi

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse sextán, from Proto-Germanic *sehstehun.

Numeral[edit]

sextán

sixteen; the cardinal number after fimmtán and before sautján.

Related terms[edit]

(ordinal form) sextándi m, sextánda f or n.

Old Norse[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *sehstehun. Compare Old Saxon sehstein, Old Frisian sextīne, Old English siextīene, Old High German sehszehan, Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿𐌽 (saihstaihun).

Numeral[edit]

sextán

sixteen

Descendants[edit]

Danish: seksten
Faroese: sekstan
Icelandic: sextán

Norwegian: seksten (Bokmål), seksten (Nynorsk)
Swedish: sexton

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