Where does “sixteenfold” come from?

sixteenfold (English) comes from English sixteen, from Middle English sextene, from Old English sixtīene, from Proto-Germanic sehstehun, from Proto-Germanic tehun, from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t — ten.

sixteenfold (English): By a factor of sixteen

Definitions

  1. By a factor of sixteen

Ancestry of “sixteenfold”, step by step

sixteenfold traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English sixteen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsixteenThe cardinal number occurring after fifteen and...
2Middle EnglishsexteneAlternative form of sixtene
3Old Englishsixtīenesixteen
4Proto-Germanicsehstehunsixteen
5Proto-Germanictehunten
6Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥tten

via English fold

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfoldTo bend over so that it comes in contact with...
2Middle EnglishfoldA pen, enclosure, or shelter for domesticated animals
3Old Englishfald—
4Proto-Germanicfaludazan enclosed space, enclosure
Every word from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t →Every word from Proto-Germanic tehun →Every word from Proto-Germanic sehstehun →