-ty en · X · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ti/
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *tigiwiz Old English -tiġ Middle English -ty English -ty From Middle English -ty, from Old English -tiġ (“-ty”), from Proto-Germanic *tigiwiz, plural of *teguz (“group of ten”), from Proto-Indo-European *deḱ-, *déḱm̥ (“ten”). Cognate with Scots -ty (“-ty”), West Frisian -tich (“-ty”), Dutch -tig (“-ty”), German -zig (“-ty”), Gothic 𐍄𐌹𐌲𐌿𐍃 (tigus, “group of ten, decade”). Related to ten.
Meanings
- (morpheme) A nonproductive suffix indicating single-digit integer multiples of ten.
Translations (37)
ty ʻahuru (multiples of ten) · dsb -źaset (50, 60, 70, 80, 90) (multiples of ten) · ru -деся́т (multiples of ten) · de -zig (multiples of ten) · eo -dek (multiples of ten) · nv -diin (multiples of ten) · hu -ven (40, 50, 70, 90) (multiples of ten) · hu -van (60, 80) (multiples of ten) · fi -kymmentä (multiples of ten) · he ־ִים (multiples of ten) · ar ـُونَ (multiples of ten) · hsb -dźesat (50, 60, 70, 80, 90) (multiples of ten) · ko ...십 (multiples of ten) · nan-hbl ...十 (multiples of ten) · ja ...十 (multiples of ten) · pl -dzieścia (multiples of ten) · haw kana- (multiples of ten) · it -anta (multiples of ten) · cmn ...十 (multiples of ten) · ms puluh (multiples of ten) · da -ti (multiples of ten) · nl -tig (multiples of ten) · dsb -źasća (20, 30, 40) (multiples of ten) · nb -ti (multiples of ten) · la -gintā (multiples of ten) · pl -dzieści (multiples of ten) · et -kend (multiples of ten) · fy -tich (multiples of ten) · ar ـِينَ (multiples of ten) · grc -κοντα (multiples of ten) · nn -ti (multiples of ten) · hsb -ceći (20, 30, 40) (multiples of ten) · mi ngahuru (multiples of ten) · et -kümmend (multiples of ten) · ru -дцать (multiples of ten) · vi mươi (multiples of ten) · mnw စှော် (multiples of ten)