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Where does “dessiatina” come from?

dessiatina (English) comes from Russian десяти́на, from Russian де́сять, from Old Church Slavonic десѧть, from Proto-Slavic desętь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *déśimt, from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t — ten.

dessiatina (English): A Russian measure of land, roughly 1.1 hectares

Definitions

  1. A Russian measure of land, roughly 1.1 hectares

Ancestry of “dessiatina”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianдесяти́наtenth, tithe
2Russianде́сятьten
3Old Church Slavonicдесѧтьten
4Proto-Slavicdesętьten
5Proto-Balto-Slavic*déśimt—
6Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥tten
Every word from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t →