Where does “zëhente” come from?

zëhente (Middle High German) comes from Old High German zehanto, from Proto-West Germanic tehundō, from Proto-Germanic tehundô — tenth.

Ancestry of “zëhente”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanzehanto—
2Proto-West Germanictehundōtenth
3Proto-Germanictehundôtenth

Words derived from “zëhente”

Every word from Proto-Germanic tehundô →Every word from Proto-West Germanic tehundō →Every word from Old High German zehanto →
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