Where does “sedesch” come from?

sedesch (Romansch) comes from Latin sedecim, from Latin decem, from Latin -nus, from Proto-Italic -nos, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.

sedesch (Romansch): sixteen

Definitions

  1. sixteen

Ancestry of “sedesch”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsedecimsixteen; 16
2Latindecemten; 10
3Latin-nus-an
4Proto-Italic-nosCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
5Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nós →Every word from Latin -nus →Every word from Latin decem →