Where does “Dreizehneck” come from?

Dreizehneck (German) comes from German dreizehn, from Middle High German dreizehen, from Old High German drīzehan, from Proto-Germanic þritehun, from Proto-Germanic tehun, from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t — ten.

Dreizehneck (German): tridecagon

Definitions

  1. tridecagon

Ancestry of “Dreizehneck”, step by step

Dreizehneck traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German dreizehn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germandreizehnthirteen
2Middle High Germandreizehen—
3Old High Germandrīzehan—
4Proto-Germanicþritehunthirteen
5Proto-Germanictehunten
6Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥tten

via German ecke

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germaneckecorner, edge
2Middle High Germanecke—
3Old High Germanecka—
4Proto-West Germanicaggjuedge, corner
5Proto-Germanicagjōedge, corner
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eḱ-sharp

Words derived from “Dreizehneck”

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