Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sehstehun

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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sehstehun

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

Compound of *sehs + *tehun.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsexs.te.xun/

Numeral

cardinal number

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*sehstehun (ordinal *sehstô-tehundô)

1. sixteen

Derived terms

• Old English: siextīene
  • Middle English: sextene, sixtene
    • English: sixteen
• Old Frisian: sextīne
  • West Frisian: sechstjin
• Old Saxon: sehstein
• Old Dutch: *sestian
  • Dutch: zestien
    • Afrikaans: sestien
• Old High German: sehszehan
  • Middle High German: sehzehen
    • Cimbrian: zèchsane, sechtzane
    • German: sechzehn
    • Luxembourgish: siechzéng
    • Yiddish: זעכצן‎ (zekhtsn)
• Old Norse: sextán
  • Icelandic: sextán
  • Faroese: sekstan
  • Norwegian: seksten
  • Old Swedish: sæxtan, siæxtān
    • Swedish: sexton
  • Danish: seksten