ti (Norwegian Bokmål)

Where does "ti" come from?

The Norwegian word 'ti' evolved from the Old Norse 'tíu', tracing its roots back to the Proto-Germanic '*tehun'. This ancient numeral descends from the Proto-Indo-European '*déḱm̥', which remains the common ancestor for the word 'ten' across Germanic languages.

Full etymology tree

• ti (Norwegian Bokmål), 'ten'
  • inherited tíu (Old Norse), 'ten'
    • inherited *tehun (Proto-Germanic), 'ten'
      • inherited *déḱm̥ (Proto-Indo-European), 'ten'
        • derived *ḱm̥t- (Proto-Indo-European)
          • inherited *ḱómt (Proto-Indo-European)
      • inherited *tehunt (Proto-Germanic)
        • inherited *déḱm̥t (Proto-Indo-European)

Ancestors

• tíu (Old Norse)
• *tehun (Proto-Germanic)
• *déḱm̥ (Proto-Indo-European)

Cognates and doublets

• ti (Danish)
• ten (English)
• tíggju (Faroese)
• tíu (Icelandic)
• tio (Swedish)

Descendants and derived words

• årti (Norwegian Bokmål)
• tiår (Norwegian Bokmål)
• tidel (Norwegian Bokmål)
• tikamp (Norwegian Bokmål)
• titusen (Norwegian Bokmål)
• titusenvis (Norwegian Bokmål)

Updated July 2026

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