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Where does “sixtēne” come from?

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

Ancestry of “sixtēne”, step by step

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

Words derived from “sixtēne”

  • sixteen
  • sixteenfold
  • teenie
  • sixteenpence
  • sixteener
  • sixteenpenny
  • sixteenish
  • sixteen
  • sextene
  • sixtene
  • sikistin
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