zehan

Old High German

Old High German cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : zehan

Etymology

From an earlier *tehan, from Proto-Germanic *tehun, whence also Old English tīen, Old Norse tíu. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ (“ten”).

Numeral

zehan

1. ten

Descendants

• Middle High German: zehen
  • Central Franconian: zehn
  • Cimbrian: sègane, zene (Luserna)
  • German: zehn
  • Luxembourgish: zéng
  • Yiddish: צען (tsen)