Where does “disisais” come from?

disisais (Ilocano) comes from Spanish dieciséis, from Old Spanish dizeseis, from Latin sedecim, from Latin decem, from Latin -nus, from Proto-Italic -nos, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.

disisais (Ilocano): sixteen

Definitions

  1. sixteen

Ancestry of “disisais”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishdieciséissixteen
2Old Spanishdizeseis
3Latinsedecimsixteen; 16
4Latindecemten; 10
5Latin-nus-an
6Proto-Italic-nosCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
7Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nósEvery word from Latin -nusEvery word from Latin decem