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Where does “desmit” come from?

desmit (Latvian) comes from Latvian desmits, from Latvian desimtis, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *déśimt, from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t — ten.

desmit (Latvian): ten; ten o'clock

Definitions

  1. ten; ten o'clock

Ancestry of “desmit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latviandesmitsgroup of ten
2Latviandesimtis—
3Proto-Balto-Slavic*déśimt—
4Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥tten

Words derived from “desmit”

  • desmitnieks
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