Etymology Explorer › Old English

Where does “niġontēne” come from?

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

Ancestry of “niġontēne”, step by step

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

Words derived from “niġontēne”

  • nineteen
  • nineteenfold
  • nineteenpence
  • nineteenish
  • nineteenness
  • nynetene
  • nintene
  • naintin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t →