Where does “dreizehn” come from?

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

dreizehn (German): thirteen

Definitions

  1. thirteen

Ancestry of “dreizehn”, step by step

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

Words derived from “dreizehn”

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