Where does “teihn” come from?
teihn (Low German) comes from Middle Low German tein, from Old Saxon tehan, from Proto-West Germanic tehun, from Proto-Germanic tehun, from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t — ten.
teihn (Low German): ten
Ancestry of “teihn”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle Low German | tein | — |
| 2 | Old Saxon | tehan | ten |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | tehun | ten |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | tehun | ten |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | déḱm̥t | ten |