Where does “hwetek” come from?

hwetek (Cornish) comes from Cornish deg, from Proto-Brythonic deg, from Proto-Celtic dekam, from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥ — ten.

hwetek (Cornish): sixteen

Definitions

  1. sixteen

Ancestry of “hwetek”, step by step

hwetek traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Cornish deg

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cornishdegten
2Proto-Brythonicdegten
3Proto-Celticdekamten
4Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥ten

via Cornish hwegh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cornishhweghsix
2Proto-Brythonichwexsix
3Proto-Celticswexssix
4Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix

Words derived from “hwetek”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥ →Every word from Proto-Celtic dekam →Every word from Proto-Brythonic deg →