Where does “נײַנצנטל” come from?
נײַנצנטל (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish נײַנצנט, 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.
נײַנצנטל (Yiddish): nineteenth
Definitions
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Ancestry of “נײַנצנטל”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | נײַנצנט | nineteenth |
| 2 | Yiddish | נײַנצן | nineteen |
| 3 | Middle High German | niunzehen | — |
| 4 | Old High German | niunzehan | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *neuntehun | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | newuntehun | nineteen |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | tehun | ten |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | déḱm̥t | ten |