Where does “sixtene” come from?

sixtene (Middle English) comes from Old English sixtēne, from Proto-Germanic sehstehun, from Proto-Germanic tehun, from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t — ten.

sixtene (Middle English): sixteen

Definitions

  1. sixteen

Ancestry of “sixtene”, step by step

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

Words derived from “sixtene”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t →Every word from Proto-Germanic tehun →Every word from Proto-Germanic sehstehun →
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