Where does “desmitnieks” come from?

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

desmitnieks (Latvian): ten, number ten; something with the number ten on...

Definitions

  1. ten, number ten; something with the number ten on...

Ancestry of “desmitnieks”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latviandesmitten; ten o'clock
2Latviandesmitsgroup of ten
3Latviandesimtis—
4Proto-Balto-Slavic*déśimtten
5Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥tten
Every word from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic *déśimt →Every word from Latvian desimtis →