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Where does “siebzig” come from?

siebzig (German) comes from Middle High German sibenzec, from Old High German sibunzug, from Proto-Germanic sebuntēhundą — seventy.

siebzig (German): seventy

Definitions

  1. seventy

Ancestry of “siebzig”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germansibenzec—
2Old High Germansibunzug—
3Proto-Germanicsebuntēhundąseventy

Words derived from “siebzig”

  • siebzigprozentig
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