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Where does “neunzehnfach” come from?

neunzehnfach (German) comes from German neunzehn, 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.

neunzehnfach (German): nineteenfold

Definitions

  1. nineteenfold

Ancestry of “neunzehnfach”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanneunzehnnineteen
2Middle High Germanniunzehen—
3Old High Germanniunzehan—
4Proto-West Germanic*neuntehun—
5Proto-Germanicnewuntehunnineteen
6Proto-Germanictehunten
7Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥tten
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