Where does “thirteen” come from?

Thirteen comes from Middle English thirttene, from Old English þreotēne, from Proto-Germanic þritehun, combining þritehun "three" and tehun "ten."

thirteen (English): The cardinal number occurring after twelve and...

Definitions

  1. The cardinal number occurring after twelve and...

Ancestry of “thirteen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishthirttene—
2Old Englishþrēotīenethirteen
3Proto-Germanicþritehunthirteen
4Proto-Germanictehunten
5Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥tten

Words derived from “thirteen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t →Every word from Proto-Germanic tehun →Every word from Proto-Germanic þritehun →