Where does “seytek” come from?

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

seytek (Cornish): seventeen

Definitions

  1. seventeen

Ancestry of “seytek”, step by step

seytek traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Cornish deg

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

via Cornish seyth

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cornishseythseven
2Proto-Brythonicseiθseven
3Proto-Celticsextamseven
4Proto-Indo-Europeanseptḿ̥seven

Words derived from “seytek”

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