ten

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · inherited from*déḱm̥
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*tehun
3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*tehun
4. Old English · inherited fromtīen
5. Middle English · inherited fromten
6. English todayten

PIE word *déḱm̥ From Middle English ten, tene, from Old English tīen, from Proto-West Germanic *tehun, from Proto-Germanic *tehun, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥. Cognate with Scots ten, tene (“ten”), West Frisian tsien (“ten”), Saterland Frisian tjoon (“ten”), North Frisian tiin (“ten”). See also teen.

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