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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

  1. ten; the cardinal number after níu and before...

Ancestry of “tíu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsetíuten
2Proto-Germanictehunten
3Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥tten

Words derived from “tíu”

  • tía
  • þrjátíu
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