Where does “zestien” come from?

zestien (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch sestien, from Old Dutch sestēn, from Proto-Germanic sehstehun, from Proto-Germanic tehun, from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t — ten.

zestien (Dutch): sixteen

Definitions

  1. sixteen

Ancestry of “zestien”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchsestien—
2Old Dutchsestēn—
3Proto-Germanicsehstehunsixteen
4Proto-Germanictehunten
5Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥tten

Words derived from “zestien”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t →