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Where does “siebzehnfach” come from?

siebzehnfach (German) comes from German siebzehn, from Middle High German sibenzehen, from Old High German sibunzehan, from Proto-Germanic sebuntehun, from Proto-Germanic sebun, from Proto-Germanic sebunt, from Proto-Indo-European septḿ̥ — seven.

siebzehnfach (German): seventeenfold

Definitions

  1. seventeenfold

Ancestry of “siebzehnfach”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germansiebzehnseventeen
2Middle High Germansibenzehen—
3Old High Germansibunzehan—
4Proto-Germanicsebuntehunseventeen
5Proto-Germanicsebunseven
6Proto-Germanicsebunt—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanseptḿ̥seven
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