Where does “*neuntehun” come from?
*neuntehun (Proto-West Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic newuntehun, from Proto-Germanic tehun, from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t — ten.
Ancestry of “*neuntehun”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Germanic | newuntehun | nineteen |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | tehun | ten |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | déḱm̥t | ten |