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Where does “sæxtan” come from?

sæxtan (Old Swedish) comes from Old Norse sextán, from Proto-Germanic sehstehun, from Proto-Germanic tehun, from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t — ten.

sæxtan (Old Swedish): sixteen

Definitions

  1. sixteen

Ancestry of “sæxtan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsesextánsixteen
2Proto-Germanicsehstehunsixteen
3Proto-Germanictehunten
4Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥tten

Words derived from “sæxtan”

  • sexton
Every word from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t →