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Where does “נײַנצנט” come from?

נײַנצנט (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish נײַנצן, 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.

נײַנצנט (Yiddish): nineteenth

Definitions

  1. nineteenth

Ancestry of “נײַנצנט”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishנײַנצןnineteen
2Middle High Germanniunzehen—
3Old High Germanniunzehan—
4Proto-West Germanic*neuntehun—
5Proto-Germanicnewuntehunnineteen
6Proto-Germanictehunten
7Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥tten

Words derived from “נײַנצנט”

  • נײַנצנטל
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