Where does “sechzehn” come from?

sechzehn (German) comes from Middle High German sehszehen, from Old High German sehszehan, from Proto-Germanic sehstehun, from Proto-Germanic tehun, from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t — ten.

sechzehn (German): sixteen

Definitions

  1. sixteen

Ancestry of “sechzehn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germansehszehen—
2Old High Germansehszehan—
3Proto-Germanicsehstehunsixteen
4Proto-Germanictehunten
5Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥tten

Words derived from “sechzehn”

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