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Where does “tig” come from?
tig (Dutch) comes from German zig, from German -zig — -ty.
tig
(Dutch): tens, dozens, lots
Definitions
tens, dozens, lots
Ancestry of “tig”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
German
zig
umpteen, tens of, dozens of
2
German
-zig
-ty
Words derived from “tig”
tigste
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