Where does “sehstein” come from?

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

sehstein (Old Saxon): sixteen

Definitions

  1. sixteen

Ancestry of “sehstein”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicsehstehunsixteen
2Proto-Germanictehunten
3Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥tten
Every word from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t →Every word from Proto-Germanic tehun →Every word from Proto-Germanic sehstehun →