Where does “trīspadsmit” come from?

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

trīspadsmit (Latvian): thirteen

Definitions

  1. thirteen

Ancestry of “trīspadsmit”, step by step

trīspadsmit traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Latvian desmit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latviandesmitten; ten o'clock
2Latviandesmitsgroup of ten
3Latviandesimtis—
4Proto-Balto-Slavic*déśimtten
5Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥tten

via Latvian trīs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatviantrīsAPI; three; three o'clock
2Proto-Balto-Slavictríjesthree
3Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—

via Latvian pa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianpaon; along; to
2Latvianreiziaccusative singular form of reize; instrumental...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic *déśimt →Every word from Latvian desimtis →