Where does “tien” come from?
tien (Dutch Low Saxon) comes from Middle Low German tīn, from Old Saxon tehan, from Proto-West Germanic tehun, from Proto-Germanic tehun, from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t — ten.
tien (Dutch Low Saxon): ten
Ancestry of “tien”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle Low German | tīn | — |
| 2 | Old Saxon | tehan | ten |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | tehun | ten |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | tehun | ten |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | déḱm̥t | ten |