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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

Definitions

  1. eighteenth

Ancestry of “אַכצנטל”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishאַכצנטeighteenth
2Yiddishאַכצןeighteen
3Old High Germanahtozehan—
4Proto-Germanicahtōutehuneighteen
5Proto-Germanicahtōueight
6Proto-Indo-Europeanoḱtṓweight
7Proto-Indo-Europeanaḱ-sharp, pointed; sharp, pointed, edgy; sharp,...
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