tuttugu

Icelandic

Icelandic numbers (edit)
200
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2
    Cardinal: tuttugu
    Ordinal: tuttugasti
    Ordinal abbreviation: 20.
    Fractional: tuttugasti

Etymology

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

Numeral

tuttugu (indeclinable)

  1. twenty
    Synonym: tvítján

Old Norse

Old Norse numbers (edit)
 ←  10  ←  19 20 21  →  30  → [a], [b]
2
    Cardinal: tuttugu, tveir tigir, tjugu, tjogu, tvittuga, tvítján
    Ordinal: tuttugti, tuttugundi, tuttugandi, tuttugasti, tvítjándi

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Numeral

tuttugu

  1. (cardinal number) twenty
    Synonym: tvítján

Descendants

  • Icelandic: tuttugu
  • Faroese: tjúgu
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tjugo, tjuge, tjue
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: tjue
  • Elfdalian: tjugu, tiugu
  • Old Swedish: tiughu
  • Old Danish: tiughæ, tiughu
  • Gutnish: tjugu, tjugå, tugå, tjaugu

Further reading

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