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-tig

-tig

See also: tig and tig-

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology

From Middle Dutch -tech, -tich, from Old Dutch *-tig, from Proto-Germanic *tigiwiz, plural of *teguz ‎(“group of ten”).

Suffix

-tig

  1. -ty; used to form numerals denoting multiples of ten

Derived terms

Old English

Suffix

-tiġ

  1. -ty (used to form numerals denoting multiples of ten)
    twēntiġ
    twenty
    hundtēontiġ
    one hundred
    hundtwelftiġ
    one hundred and twenty

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *tigiwiz, plural of *teguz ‎(“group of ten”), from Proto-Indo-European *déḱ-, *déḱm̥t ‎(“ten”). Akin to Old Frisian -tich, Old High German -zug,-zig (German -zig), Old Norse -tigr, Gothic -𐍄𐌹𐌲𐌾𐌿𐍃 ‎(-tigjus), Old Norse tigir ‎(“tens, decades”), Old English tīen. More at English ten.

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