Where does “მეთექვსმეტე” come from?

მეთექვსმეტე (Georgian) comes from Georgian თექვსმეტი, from Georgian ექვსი, from Old Georgian ექუსი, from Proto-Kartvelian eks₁w-, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs — six.

მეთექვსმეტე (Georgian): sixteenth the ordinal form of the number sixteen

Definitions

  1. sixteenth the ordinal form of the number sixteen

Ancestry of “მეთექვსმეტე”, step by step

მეთექვსმეტე traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Georgian თექვსმეტი

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Georgianთექვსმეტიsixteen (16)
2Georgianექვსიsix
3Old Georgianექუსიsix
4Proto-Kartvelianeks₁w-six
5Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix

via Proto-Georgian-Zan მე- -ე

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Georgian-Zanმე- -ე—

Words derived from “მეთექვსმეტე”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs →Every word from Proto-Kartvelian eks₁w- →Every word from Old Georgian ექუსი →