An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/zehn

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, Z
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis

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2556121An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, Z — zehnJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

zehn, numeral, ‘ten,’ from the equivalent Middle High German zëhen, (zên), Old High German zëhan; corresponding to Old Saxon tëhan, Dutch tien, Anglo-Saxon tŷn, English ten, Gothic taíhun; common to Aryan in the form dekn; compare Sanscrit dăçan, Greek δέκα, Latin decem, and Old Slovenian desętĭ. —