Where does “षोडशन्” come from?

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

षोडशन् (Sanskrit): sixteen

Definitions

  1. sixteen

Ancestry of “षोडशन्”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Aryanswáẓḍaśasixteen
2Proto-Indo-Aryandáśaten
3Proto-Indo-Iraniandaćaten
4Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥ten
Every word from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥ →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian daća →Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan dáśa →
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