Where does “ten” come from?

ten (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch tin, from Proto-Germanic tiną, from Proto-Indo-European dinom.

Ancestry of “ten”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchtin—
2Proto-Germanictinątin
3Proto-Indo-Europeandinom—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dinom →Every word from Proto-Germanic tiną →Every word from Old Dutch tin →
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