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Where does “niunzehan” come from?

niunzehan (Old High German) comes from Proto-West Germanic *neuntehun, from Proto-Germanic newuntehun, from Proto-Germanic tehun, from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t — ten.

Ancestry of “niunzehan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*neuntehun—
2Proto-Germanicnewuntehunnineteen
3Proto-Germanictehunten
4Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥tten

Words derived from “niunzehan”

  • neunzehn
  • neunzehnfach
  • נײַנצן
  • נײַנצנטל
  • נײַנצנט
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