Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/tehun

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *tehun.

Numeral

**Proto-West Germanic cardinal numbers**
< 9	10
Cardinal : *tehun

*tehun

ten

Descendants

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: tehen, 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: zëhen, zēn
  - Central Franconian: zehn
  - Cimbrian: sègane, zene (Luserna)
  - German: zehn
  - Luxembourgish: zéng
  - Yiddish: צען (tsen)