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Where does “sestien” come from?

sestien (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch sestēn, from Proto-Germanic sehstehun, from Proto-Germanic tehun, from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t — ten.

Ancestry of “sestien”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchsestēn—
2Proto-Germanicsehstehunsixteen
3Proto-Germanictehunten
4Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥tten

Words derived from “sestien”

  • zestien
  • sestien
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