Where does “dreizehnhundert” come from?

dreizehnhundert (German) comes from German Hundert, from Middle High German hundert, from Old Saxon hunderod, from Proto-West Germanic *hundarad, from Proto-Germanic hundaradą, from Proto-Germanic hundą, from Proto-Indo-European ḱm̥tóm, from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥ — ten.

dreizehnhundert (German): thirteen hundred

Definitions

  1. thirteen hundred

Ancestry of “dreizehnhundert”, step by step

dreizehnhundert traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Hundert

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanHundertthe number 100; A unity of hundred things
2Middle High Germanhundert
3Old Saxonhunderodhundred
4Proto-West Germanic*hundaradhundred
5Proto-Germanichundaradąa great hundred; a hundred
6Proto-Germanichundąa great hundred; a hundred
7Proto-Indo-Europeanḱm̥tómhundred
8Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥ten

via German dreizehn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germandreizehnthirteen
2Middle High Germandreizehen
3Old High Germandrīzehan
4Proto-Germanicþritehunthirteen
5Proto-Germanictehunten
6Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥tten
Every word from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱm̥tómEvery word from Proto-Germanic hundą