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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Dutch | tin | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | tiną | tin |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | dinom | — |