Where does “sešpadsmit” come from?
sešpadsmit (Latvian) comes from Latvian desmit, from Latvian desmits, from Latvian desimtis, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *déśimt, from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t — ten.
sešpadsmit (Latvian): sixteen
Definitions
- sixteen
Ancestry of “sešpadsmit”, step by step
sešpadsmit traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Latvian desmit
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latvian | desmit | ten; ten o'clock |
| 2 | Latvian | desmits | group of ten |
| 3 | Latvian | desimtis | — |
| 4 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | *déśimt | ten |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | déḱm̥t | ten |