tuttugu

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse tuttugu, from Proto-Germanic *twai tigiwiz.

Numeral

tuttugu

  1. twenty; the cardinal number after nítján and before tuttugu og einn.

Synonyms
  • (twenty): tvítján

Old Norse

Alternative forms
  • tvittuga, tvítján

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *twai tigiwiz. Compare Old Saxon, Old Frisian, and Old English twentig, Old High German zweinzug.

Numeral

tuttugu

  1. twenty

Descendants

References
  • tuttugu in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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