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Where does “dreißig” come from?

dreißig (German) comes from Middle High German drīzic, from Old High German drīzzug, from Proto-Germanic þrīz tigiwiz — thirty.

dreißig (German): thirty

Definitions

  1. thirty

Ancestry of “dreißig”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germandrīzic—
2Old High Germandrīzzug—
3Proto-Germanicþrīz tigiwizthirty

Words derived from “dreißig”

  • dreißigtägig
  • dreißigminütig
  • dreißigprozentig
  • dreißigfach
  • dreißigjährig
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