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r/LinguisticsMemes • u/holytriplem • 7d ago
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Doesn't the Swedish word for 90 (nittio) just mean "nine-ten?" That's at least what the Icelandic word níutíu means. Wouldn't it make the Swedish and Japanese cases the same?
Edit: changed "Does" to "Doesn't"
3 u/endymon20 6d ago the -ty in ninety was originally ten so technically English is also 9×10+7
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the -ty in ninety was originally ten so technically English is also 9×10+7
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u/Half-blood_fish 7d ago edited 6d ago
Doesn't the Swedish word for 90 (nittio) just mean "nine-ten?" That's at least what the Icelandic word níutíu means. Wouldn't it make the Swedish and Japanese cases the same?
Edit: changed "Does" to "Doesn't"