Where does “zää” come from?

zää (Alemannic German) comes from Middle High German zehen, from Old High German zehan, from Proto-West Germanic tehun, from Proto-Germanic tehun, from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t — ten.

zää (Alemannic German): ten

Definitions

  1. ten

Ancestry of “zää”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanzehen—
2Old High Germanzehanten
3Proto-West Germanictehunten
4Proto-Germanictehunten
5Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥tten
Every word from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t →Every word from Proto-Germanic tehun →Every word from Proto-West Germanic tehun →