Where does “דרײַצן” come from?

דרײַצן (Yiddish) comes from Old High German drīzehan, from Proto-Germanic þritehun, from Proto-Germanic tehun, from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t — ten.

דרײַצן (Yiddish): thirteen

Definitions

  1. thirteen

Ancestry of “דרײַצן”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germandrīzehan—
2Proto-Germanicþritehunthirteen
3Proto-Germanictehunten
4Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥tten
Every word from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t →Every word from Proto-Germanic tehun →Every word from Proto-Germanic þritehun →