Where does “septiņpadsmit” come from?
septiņpadsmit (Latvian) comes from Latvian desmit, from Latvian desmits, from Latvian desimtis, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *déśimt, from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t — ten.
septiņpadsmit (Latvian): seventeen
Definitions
- seventeen
Ancestry of “septiņpadsmit”, step by step
septiņpadsmit 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 |