Where does “ti” come from?
ti (Danish) comes from Old Norse tíu, from Proto-Germanic tehun, from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t — ten.
ti (Danish): ten; imperative of tie
Ancestry of “ti”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Norse | tíu | ten |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | tehun | ten |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | déḱm̥t | ten |