Where does “dreizehen” come from?

dreizehen (Middle High German) comes from Old High German drīzehan, from Proto-Germanic þritehun, from Proto-Germanic tehun, from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t — ten.

Ancestry of “dreizehen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germandrīzehan—
2Proto-Germanicþritehunthirteen
3Proto-Germanictehunten
4Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥tten

Words derived from “dreizehen”

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