Where does “אַכצנטל” come from?
אַכצנטל (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish אַכצנט, from Yiddish אַכצן, from Old High German ahtozehan, from Proto-Germanic ahtōutehun, from Proto-Germanic ahtōu, from Proto-Indo-European oḱtṓw, from Proto-Indo-European aḱ- — sharp, pointed; sharp, pointed, edgy; sharp,...
אַכצנטל (Yiddish): eighteenth
Ancestry of “אַכצנטל”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Yiddish | אַכצנט | eighteenth |
| 2 | Yiddish | אַכצן | eighteen |
| 3 | Old High German | ahtozehan | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | ahtōutehun | eighteen |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | ahtōu | eight |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | oḱtṓw | eight |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | aḱ- | sharp, pointed; sharp, pointed, edgy; sharp,... |