Where does “tíu” come from?
tíu (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse tíu, from Proto-Germanic tehun, from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t — ten.
tíu (Icelandic): ten; the cardinal number after níu and before...
Definitions
- ten; the cardinal number after níu and before...
Ancestry of “tíu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Norse | tíu | ten |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | tehun | ten |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | déḱm̥t | ten |