Words that come from Proto-Germanic “sehstehun”

36 words across 20 languages descend from Proto-Germanic sehstehun — including sixteen, sixteenfold, teenie, sixteenpence, sixteener, sixteenpenny, zestien, seksten.

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English (7)

German (4)

Old English (4)

Middle English (3)

Old Dutch (2)

Old Swedish (2)

Dutch (1)

Danish (1)

Middle Dutch (1)

Swedish (1)

Icelandic (1)

Faroese (1)

Afrikaans (1)

Old Norse (1)

Old Saxon (1)

Norwegian Bokmål (1)

Norwegian Nynorsk (1)

Tok Pisin (1)

Old High German (1)

Middle High German (1)