Where does “tien” come from?

tien (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch tēn, from Proto-West Germanic tehun, from Proto-Germanic tehun, from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t — ten.

tien (Middle Dutch): ten; to pull, draw; to go

Definitions

  1. ten; to pull, draw; to go

Ancestry of “tien”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchtēn
2Proto-West Germanictehunten
3Proto-Germanictehunten
4Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥tten

Words derived from “tien

Every word from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t
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