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
16	Previous:	*fimftehun
16	Next:	*sebuntehun

*sehstehun (ordinal *sehstô-tehundô)

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

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