Where does “achtzig” come from?

achtzig (German) comes from Middle High German ahzec, from Old High German ahtozug, from Proto-Germanic ahtōutēhundą — eighty.

achtzig (German): eighty

Definitions

  1. eighty

Ancestry of “achtzig”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanahzec—
2Old High Germanahtozug—
3Proto-Germanicahtōutēhundąeighty

Words derived from “achtzig”

Every word from Proto-Germanic ahtōutēhundą →Every word from Old High German ahtozug →Every word from Middle High German ahzec →
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