Where does “ten” come from?

ten (Polish) comes from Old Polish ten, from Proto-Slavic *tъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic tas, from Proto-Indo-European só — this; that.

ten (Polish): this

Definitions

  1. this

Ancestry of “ten”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Polishtenthis
2Proto-Slavic*tъ—
3Proto-Balto-Slavictasthat
4Proto-Indo-Europeansóthis; that

Words derived from “ten”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European só →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic tas →Every word from Proto-Slavic *tъ →