Where does “zestiende” come from?

zestiende (Dutch) comes from Dutch de, from Middle Dutch die, from Old Dutch thie, from Old Dutch thē, from Proto-Germanic *sa, from Proto-Austronesian *əsa, from Proto-Oceanic *isa.

zestiende (Dutch): sixteenth

Definitions

  1. sixteenth

Ancestry of “zestiende”, step by step

zestiende traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

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—

via Dutch zestien

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchzestiensixteen
2Middle Dutchsestien—
3Old Dutchsestēn—
4Proto-Germanicsehstehunsixteen
5Proto-Germanictehunten
6Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥tten
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