átján
See also: átjan
Icelandic
| ← 17 | 18 | 19 → |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal: átján Ordinal: átjándi Ordinal abbreviation: 18. Fractional: átjándi | ||
Alternative forms
- áttján (archaic)
Etymology
From Old Norse átján, from Proto-Germanic *ahtōutehun. Cognate with the Swedish arton, Danish atten, English eighteen and German achtzehn.
Numeral
átján (indeclinable)
Derived terms
- einn af átján
- nú tekur átján yfir, nú kastar átján yfir
- sjá upp á átján augum
Old Norse
| [a], [b] ← 17 | 18 | 19 → |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal: átján, (older form) áttján Ordinal: átjándi, (older form) áttjándi | ||
Alternative forms
- áttján — older form
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *ahtōutehun. Compare Old English eahtatīene, Old High German ahtozehan.
Numeral
átján
Descendants
- Icelandic: átján
- Faroese: átjan
- Norwegian Nynorsk: atjan, attan
- Old Swedish: atertān, adherton, attartān, atartān, attān, adhærton
- Old Danish: attæn
- Elfdalian: aðertǫ, åttjǫ, artǫ
- Gutnish: attn, adatn, atretten
Further reading
- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “átján”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 39; also available at the Internet Archive