Where does “achttienhonderd” come from?

achttienhonderd (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,...

achttienhonderd (Dutch): eighteen hundred

Definitions

  1. eighteen hundred

Ancestry of “achttienhonderd”, step by step

achttienhonderd 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 honderd

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchhonderdhundred; a count of hundred
2Middle Dutchhonderthundred
3Old Dutchhundert
4Proto-Germanichundaradąa great hundred; a hundred
5Proto-Germanichundąa great hundred; a hundred
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱm̥tómhundred
7Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥ten
Every word from Proto-Indo-European aḱ-
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