Where does “sixtīene” come from?

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

sixtīene (Old English): sixteen

Definitions

  1. sixteen

Ancestry of “sixtīene”, step by step

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

Words derived from “sixtīene”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t →Every word from Proto-Germanic tehun →Every word from Proto-Germanic sehstehun →