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Where does “seitek” come from?

seitek (Breton) comes from Breton dek, from Middle Breton dek, from Old Breton dec, from Proto-Brythonic deg, from Proto-Celtic dekam, from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥ — ten.

seitek (Breton): seventeen

Definitions

  1. seventeen

Ancestry of “seitek”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bretondekten
2Middle Bretondek—
3Old Bretondec—
4Proto-Brythonicdegten
5Proto-Celticdekamten
6Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥ten
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