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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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanictehunten
2Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥tten

Words derived from “sehstehun”

  • sixteen
  • sixteenfold
  • teenie
  • sixteenpence
  • sixteener
  • sixteenpenny
  • sixteenish
  • sechzehnhundert
  • sechzehn
  • sechzehnfach
  • sechzehnjährig
  • zestien
  • sexton
  • seksten
  • seksten
  • seksten
  • sixteen
  • sixtene
  • sextene
  • sixtēne
  • siextīene
  • sixtyne
  • siextiene
  • sextán
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