Where does “девет” come from?
девет (Bulgarian) comes from Old Church Slavonic девѧть, from Proto-Slavic devętь, from Proto-Indo-European h₁néwn̥ — nine.
девет (Bulgarian): nine
Ancestry of “девет”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Church Slavonic | девѧть | nine |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | devętь | nine |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁néwn̥ | nine |