Tbf I think in English it's more like... 9*10+7
I'm not a historian or linguist so there is a good chance I'm wrong, but I just kind of always assumed that "ninety" meant "nine-tens" - that the "ty" was an earlier form of, or was corrupted from, "tens".
from Old English nigontig, from nine + -tig "group of ten"
Russian be like:
- centipede
Sounds simular, but no. It was commonly traded abount of sobol(and other animals with fur) skins. Sooo...
...
And 123456 would be hundred two ten three thousands four hundred five ten six.
Also worth noting that current 10 is десять, while everything more then 10 is using older дцать.
Swiss french use the 80s and 90s terms like in english
For reference, 97 in French is " Quatre Van Dix Neuf"
I think that's actually 99
NINE NINE
Then you have the superior, Swiss /Belgian way: 90+7, "nonante-sept"
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