Where does “tēn” come from?
tēn (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon tehan, from Proto-West Germanic tehun, from Proto-Germanic tehun, from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t — ten.
Ancestry of “tēn”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Saxon | tehan | ten |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | tehun | ten |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | tehun | ten |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | déḱm̥t | ten |