tíz (Hungarian)

Where does "tíz" come from?

The Hungarian word "tíz" traces its distant roots back to the Proto-Indo-European term "*déḱm̥," meaning ten. It entered Hungarian via contact with an ancient Iranian language, sharing a common ancestor with similar words for ten found in languages like Zazaki and Ossetian.

Full etymology tree

• tíz (Hungarian), 'ten'
  • inherited *dasa (Proto-Iranian)
    • inherited *déḱm̥ (Proto-Indo-European), 'ten'
      • contraction *ḱm̥t- (Proto-Indo-European)
        • derived *ḱómt (Proto-Indo-European)

Cognates and doublets

• дӕс (Ossetian)
• des (Zazaki)

Descendants and derived words

• tized (Hungarian)
• tized (Hungarian)
• tizedik (Hungarian)
• tizen- (Hungarian)
• tízen (Hungarian)
• tízen (Hungarian)
• tízes (Hungarian)
• tízes (Hungarian)
• tízezer (Hungarian)
• tízórai (Hungarian)
• tízórai (Hungarian)
• tízparancsolat (Hungarian)

Updated July 2026

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