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Where does “dertien” come from?

dertien (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch dertien, from Middle Dutch dertene, from Old Dutch thritēn, from Proto-Germanic þritehun, from Proto-Germanic tehun, from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t — ten.

dertien (Afrikaans): thirteen

Definitions

  1. thirteen

Ancestry of “dertien”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchdertienthirteen
2Middle Dutchdertene—
3Old Dutchthritēn—
4Proto-Germanicþritehunthirteen
5Proto-Germanictehunten
6Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥tten
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