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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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanniunzehan—
2Proto-West Germanic*neuntehun—
3Proto-Germanicnewuntehunnineteen
4Proto-Germanictehunten
5Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥tten
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