fimmtán

Icelandic

Icelandic numbers (edit)
 ←  14 15 16  → 
    Cardinal: fimmtán
    Ordinal: fimmtándi
    Ordinal abbreviation: 15.
    Fractional: fimmtándi

Etymology

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

Numeral

fimmtán (indeclinable)

  1. fifteen

Old Norse

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

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

    Numeral

    fimmtán

    1. (cardinal number) fifteen

    Descendants

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

    Further reading

    • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “fimmtán”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 136; also available at the Internet Archive
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