Where does “gadsimts” come from?
gadsimts (Latvian) comes from Latvian simts, from Proto-Indo-European ḱm̥tóm, from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥ — ten.
gadsimts (Latvian): century
Ancestry of “gadsimts”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latvian | simts | hundred |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱm̥tóm | hundred |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | déḱm̥ | ten |