Where does “achttiende” come from?

achttiende (Dutch) comes from Dutch achttien, from Middle Dutch achtetien, from Old Dutch ahtotēn, from Proto-Germanic ahtōutehun, from Proto-Germanic ahtōu, from Proto-Indo-European oḱtṓw, from Proto-Indo-European aḱ- — sharp, pointed; sharp, pointed, edgy; sharp,...

achttiende (Dutch): eighteenth

Definitions

  1. eighteenth

Ancestry of “achttiende”, step by step

achttiende traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch achttien

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchachttieneighteen
2Middle Dutchachtetien
3Old Dutchahtotēn
4Proto-Germanicahtōutehuneighteen
5Proto-Germanicahtōueight
6Proto-Indo-Europeanoḱtṓweight
7Proto-Indo-Europeanaḱ-sharp, pointed; sharp, pointed, edgy; sharp,...

via Dutch de

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchdethe
2Middle Dutchdiethe; definite article; that, those; who, which,...
3Old Dutchthiethat, that one; that
4Old Dutchthē
5Proto-Germanic*sa
6Proto-Austronesian*əsa
7Proto-Oceanic*isa
Every word from Proto-Indo-European aḱ-