Where does “zehn” come from?

zehn (German) comes from Middle High German zehen, from Old High German zehan, from Proto-West Germanic tehun, from Proto-Germanic tehun, from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t — ten.

zehn (German): ten

Definitions

  1. ten

Ancestry of “zehn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanzehen
2Old High Germanzehanten
3Proto-West Germanictehunten
4Proto-Germanictehunten
5Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥tten

Words derived from “zehn

Every word from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t
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