Where does “sehstehun” come from?

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

sehstehun (Proto-Germanic): sixteen

Definitions

  1. sixteen

Ancestry of “sehstehun”, step by step

sehstehun traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic tehun

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanictehunten
2Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥tten

via Proto-Germanic sehs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicsehssix
2Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix

Words derived from “sehstehun”

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