Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/tehun

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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

**Proto-Germanic cardinal numbers**
< 9	10	11 >
Cardinal : tehun Ordinal* : tehundô Multiplier* : *tehunfalþaz

Etymology

From earlier *tehunt, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥t (“ten”).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈte.xun/

Numeral

*tehun^[2]

ten

Derived terms

*teguz

Related terms

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *tehun
- Old English: tīen, tēn — Mercian, tȳn — West Saxon, tēne, tēa, tīn
  - Middle English: ten, tene, tenne, tien
    - English: ten
    - Scots: ten
    - Yola: dhen
- Old Frisian: tiān, tēne, tīne
  - North Frisian:
    Föhr-Amrum: tjiin
    Helgoland: tain
    Mooring: tin
    Wiedingharde: tiin
  - Saterland Frisian: tjoon
  - West Frisian: tsien
- Old Saxon: tehan, tehin, tian, tein
  - Middle Low German: tein, tēn, tīgen, tīn, tīen
    - Low German: teihn, tein, tehn, tien
      - German Low German: teihn, tiehn
        Hamburgisch: tein
      - Westphalian:
        Ravensbergisch: tåijjen
        Sauerländisch: tian, tain
        Westmünsterländisch: tehn
    - Plautdietsch: tieen
- Old Dutch: *tian, tēn
  - Middle Dutch: tien
    - Dutch: tien
      - Afrikaans: tien
      - Berbice Creole Dutch: tin
      - Jersey Dutch: tîn
      - Negerhollands: tien, tin
      - → Aukan: tin
    - Limburgish: teen, tieën
    - Zealandic: tien
- Old High German: zehan
  - Middle High German: zehen
    - Central Franconian: zehn
    - Cimbrian: sègane, zene (Luserna)
    - German: zehn
    - Luxembourgish: zéng
    - Yiddish: צען (tsen)
Old Norse: tíu
- Icelandic: tíu
- Faroese: tíggju
- Norn: ti
- Norwegian: ti
- Old Swedish: tīo, tīu
  - Swedish: tio
- Old Danish: ti
  - Danish: ti
- Gutnish: tei, teiå, teiu
Gothic: 𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿𐌽 (taihun)

References

^ Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎^[1], Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 87
^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*tehun-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 512

[1] Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎^[1], Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 87

[2] Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*tehun-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 512

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