Where does “swáẓḍaśa” come from?

swáẓḍaśa (Proto-Indo-Aryan) comes from Proto-Indo-Aryan dáśa, from Proto-Indo-Iranian daća, from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥ — ten.

swáẓḍaśa (Proto-Indo-Aryan): sixteen

Definitions

  1. sixteen

Ancestry of “swáẓḍaśa”, step by step

swáẓḍaśa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-Aryan dáśa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Aryandáśaten
2Proto-Indo-Iraniandaćaten
3Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥ten

via Proto-Indo-Aryan swáṭṣ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Aryanswáṭṣsix

Words derived from “swáẓḍaśa”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥ →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian daća →Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan dáśa →