Where does “thrittene” come from?

thrittene (Middle English) comes from Old English þreotīene, from Proto-Germanic þritehun, from Proto-Germanic tehun, from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t — ten.

thrittene (Middle English): thirteen

Definitions

  1. thirteen

Ancestry of “thrittene”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishþreotīenethirteen
2Proto-Germanicþritehunthirteen
3Proto-Germanictehunten
4Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥tten

Words derived from “thrittene

Every word from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥tEvery word from Proto-Germanic tehunEvery word from Proto-Germanic þritehun