Where does “sechsundzwanzig” come from?

sechsundzwanzig (German) comes from German zwanzig, from German Seite, from German -ig, from German -jährig, from German Jahr, from Middle High German jār, from Old High German jār, from Proto-West Germanic jār — year.

sechsundzwanzig (German): twenty-six

Definitions

  1. twenty-six

Ancestry of “sechsundzwanzig”, step by step

sechsundzwanzig traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via German zwanzig

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanzwanzigtwenty
2GermanSeiteside; face, side, surface of any...
3German-ig-y; forms adjectives from nouns; forms adjectives...
4German-jährigyears old; years lasting
5GermanJahryear
6Middle High Germanjāryear
7Old High Germanjāryear
8Proto-West Germanicjāryear
9Proto-Germanicjērąyear; name of the J-rune
10Proto-Indo-Europeanyeh₁r-year

via German und

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanundand; so?, now?, and?
2Middle High Germanunde
3Old High Germanuntiand
4Proto-Germanicandiin addition, furthermore, and
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éntiopposite; near; in front
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éntsforehead; front
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ent-face; forehead; front
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto

via German sechs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germansechssix
2Middle High Germansehs
3Old High Germansehssix
4Proto-West Germanicsehssix
5Proto-Germanicsehssix
6Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix

Words derived from “sechsundzwanzig

Every word from Proto-Indo-European yeh₁r-
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