Where does “niunzehen” come from?
niunzehen (Middle High German) comes from Old High German niunzehan, from Proto-West Germanic *neuntehun, from Proto-Germanic newuntehun, from Proto-Germanic tehun, from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t — ten.
Ancestry of “niunzehen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old High German | niunzehan | — |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | *neuntehun | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | newuntehun | nineteen |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | tehun | ten |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | déḱm̥t | ten |