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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

  1. nineteen

Ancestry of “נײַנצן”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanniunzehen—
2Old High Germanniunzehan—
3Proto-West Germanic*neuntehun—
4Proto-Germanicnewuntehunnineteen
5Proto-Germanictehunten
6Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥tten

Words derived from “נײַנצן”

  • נײַנצנט
  • נײַנצנטל
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