Where does “dešimtmetis” come from?

dešimtmetis (Lithuanian) comes from Lithuanian metai, from Lithuanian metas — time.

dešimtmetis (Lithuanian): decade; ten years

Definitions

  1. decade; ten years

Ancestry of “dešimtmetis”, step by step

dešimtmetis traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Lithuanian metai

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lithuanianmetaiyear
2Lithuanianmetastime

via Lithuanian dẽšimt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lithuaniandẽšimtten
Every word from Lithuanian metas →Every word from Lithuanian metai →