Germanic *tehun continues Indo-European *deḱm̥ with the initial stop shift and branch-specific treatment of the following consonant cluster.
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*tehun
ten
OPEN NODE 242 ↗DESCENDS FROM→
PARENT / EARLIER FORM / reconstructedProto-Indo-European · Proto-Indo-European prehistory · ten cardinal*dekm̥
ten
OPEN NODE 184 ↗01
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The numeral meaning remains ten.
Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic.
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probable — Both references connect the Germanic and wider Indo-European numeral family; notation varies between *deḱm̥ and *dekm̥.
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Indo-European Root dekm̥Root dekm̥, section 1
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Places Germanic ten and Latin decem under the reconstructed numeral root.
Ten — Definition and Word HistoryWord History: Etymology
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Traces Germanic *tehun to Indo-European *deḱm̥ and lists cognates across branches.
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