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Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch -tech, -tich, from Old Dutch *-tig, from Proto-Germanic *tigiwiz, plural of *teguz (“group of ten”).
Pronunciation
Suffix
-tig
- -ty; used to form numerals denoting multiples of ten
Derived terms
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *tigiwiz, plural of *teguz (“group of ten”).
Pronunciation
Suffix
-tiġ
- -ty (used to form numerals denoting multiples of ten)
- twēntiġ ― twenty
- hundtēontiġ ― one hundred
- hundtwelftiġ ― one hundred and twenty
Derived terms
Descendants