𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿𐌽

From Proto-Germanic *tehun, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥t. Cognate to Old English tīen and Crimean Gothic thiine, and Koine Greek δέκᾰ (déka), which it translates.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛ.hun/, [tɛ.xun]

𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿𐌽 • (taihun)

1. ten (cardinal number)
   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of Luke (Codex Argenteus) 19.16:[1]

     𐌵𐌰𐌼 𐌸𐌰𐌽 𐍃𐌰 𐍆𐍂𐌿𐌼𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰 𐌵𐌹𐌸𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃: 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌾𐌰, 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐍄𐍄𐍃 𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 𐌲𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌷𐍄𐌰 𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿𐌽 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐍄𐍄𐌰𐌽𐍃.

     qam þan sa frumista qiþands: frauja, skatts þeins gawaurhta taihun skattans.

     Then came the first, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained ten pounds. (KJV)

   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of Luke (Codex Argenteus) 19.25:[2]

     𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌵𐌴𐌸𐌿𐌽 𐌳𐌿 𐌹𐌼𐌼𐌰: 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌾𐌰, 𐌷𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌹𐌸 𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿𐌽 𐌳𐌰𐌹𐌻𐍉𐍃.

     jah qēþun du imma: frauja, habaiþ taihun dailōs.

     (And they said unto him, Lord, he hath ten pounds.) (KJV)

   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of Mark (Codex Argenteus) 10.41:[3]

     𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌲𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐌸𐌰𐌹 𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿𐌽 𐌳𐌿𐌲𐌿𐌽𐌽𐌿𐌽 𐌿𐌽𐍅𐌴𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌽 𐌱𐌹 𐌹𐌰𐌺𐍉𐌱𐌿 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌹𐍉𐌷𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌴𐌽.

     jah gahausjandans þai taihun dugunnun unwērjan bi iakōbu jah iōhannēn.

     And when the ten heard it, they began to be much displeased with James and John. (KJV)

• 𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿𐌽𐍄𐌴𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍃 (taihuntēweis, “ordered by tens; using a decimal system”)
• 𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿𐌽 𐌸𐌿𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌾𐍉𐍃 (taihun þūsundjōs, “ten thousand”)

• Lehmann, Winfred P. (1986) “T5. taihun”, in A Gothic Etymological Dictionary, based on the 3rd ed. of Feist’s dictionary, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 339
• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 136