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Where does “neunzehn” come from?

neunzehn (German) comes from Middle High German niunzehen, from Old High German niunzehan, from Proto-West Germanic *neuntehun, from Proto-Germanic newuntehun, from Proto-Germanic tehun, from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t — ten.

neunzehn (German): nineteen

Definitions

  1. nineteen

Ancestry of “neunzehn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanniunzehen—
2Old High Germanniunzehan—
3Proto-West Germanic*neuntehun—
4Proto-Germanicnewuntehunnineteen
5Proto-Germanictehunten
6Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥tten

Words derived from “neunzehn”

  • neunzehnfach
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