Where does “seksten” come from?

seksten (Danish) comes from Old Norse sextán, from Proto-Germanic sehstehun, from Proto-Germanic tehun, from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t — ten.

seksten (Danish): sixteen

Definitions

  1. sixteen

Ancestry of “seksten”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsesextánsixteen
2Proto-Germanicsehstehunsixteen
3Proto-Germanictehunten
4Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥tten

Words derived from “seksten”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t →Every word from Proto-Germanic tehun →Every word from Proto-Germanic sehstehun →