Where does “dešimtadienis” come from?

dešimtadienis (Lithuanian) comes from Lithuanian diena, from Proto-Balto-Slavic dein-.

dešimtadienis (Lithuanian): decade

Definitions

  1. decade

Ancestry of “dešimtadienis”, step by step

dešimtadienis traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Lithuanian diena

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lithuaniandienaday, daytime; day; day, time
2Proto-Balto-Slavicdein-—

via Lithuanian dẽšimt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lithuaniandẽšimtten
Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic dein- →Every word from Lithuanian diena →