Where does “tio” come from?
tio (Swedish) comes from Old Norse tíu, from Proto-Germanic tehun, from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t — ten.
tio (Swedish): ten
Ancestry of “tio”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Norse | tíu | ten |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | tehun | ten |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | déḱm̥t | ten |