Where does “tchinze” come from?

tchinze (Norman) comes from Latin quindecim, from Latin decem, from Latin -nus, from Proto-Italic -nos, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.

tchinze (Norman): fifteen

Definitions

  1. fifteen

Ancestry of “tchinze”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinquindecimfifteen; 15
2Latindecemten; 10
3Latin-nus-an
4Proto-Italic-nosCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
5Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nós →