Where does “dotco” come from?

dotco (Dalmatian) comes from Latin duodecim, from Latin decem, from Latin -nus, from Proto-Italic -nos, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.

dotco (Dalmatian): twelve

Definitions

  1. twelve

Ancestry of “dotco”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinduodecimtwelve; 12; dozen
2Latindecemten; 10
3Latin-nus-an
4Proto-Italic-nosCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
5Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nós →Every word from Latin -nus →Every word from Latin decem →