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Where does “þreotēne” come from?

þreotēne (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic þritehun, from Proto-Germanic tehun, from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t — ten.

Ancestry of “þreotēne”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicþritehunthirteen
2Proto-Germanictehunten
3Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥tten

Words derived from “þreotēne”

  • thirteen
  • teens
  • midteens
  • thirteenpence
  • thirteenfold
  • thirteener
  • thirteenpenny
  • thirteenish
  • thirteenness
  • サーティーン
  • thrittene
  • thirttene
  • tetin
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