Where does “Zehnersystem” come from?

Zehnersystem (German) comes from German zehn, from Middle High German zehen, from Old High German zehan, from Proto-West Germanic tehun, from Proto-Germanic tehun, from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t — ten.

Zehnersystem (German): decimal, base 10 number system

Definitions

  1. decimal, base 10 number system

Ancestry of “Zehnersystem”, step by step

Zehnersystem traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German zehn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanzehnten
2Middle High Germanzehen—
3Old High Germanzehanten
4Proto-West Germanictehunten
5Proto-Germanictehunten
6Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥tten

via German System

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSystemsystem; period
2Latinsystēmasystem
3Ancient Greekσύστημαa whole made of several parts or members, system;...
4Ancient Greek-μᾰ"suffix forming a noun denoting the result of an...
5Proto-Indo-European-mn̥Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs
Every word from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t →Every word from Proto-Germanic tehun →Every word from Proto-West Germanic tehun →