Where does “נײַנצן” come from?
נײַנצן (Yiddish) comes from Middle High German niunzehen, from Old High German niunzehan, from Proto-West Germanic *neuntehun, from Proto-Germanic newuntehun, from Proto-Germanic tehun, from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t — ten.
נײַנצן (Yiddish): nineteen
Definitions
- nineteen
Ancestry of “נײַנצן”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle High German | niunzehen | — |
| 2 | Old High German | niunzehan | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *neuntehun | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | newuntehun | nineteen |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | tehun | ten |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | déḱm̥t | ten |