Where does “tíggju” come from?

tíggju (Faroese) comes from Old Norse tíu, from Proto-Germanic tehun, from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t — ten.

tíggju (Faroese): ten, cardinal number after níggju and before...

Definitions

  1. ten, cardinal number after níggju and before...

Ancestry of “tíggju”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsetíuten
2Proto-Germanictehunten
3Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥tten

Words derived from “tíggju

Every word from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥tEvery word from Proto-Germanic tehunEvery word from Old Norse tíu
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