Where does “penkiasdešimt” come from?

penkiasdešimt (Lithuanian) comes from Lithuanian dešimt, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *déśimt, from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t — ten.

penkiasdešimt (Lithuanian): fifty

Definitions

  1. fifty

Ancestry of “penkiasdešimt”, step by step

penkiasdešimt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Lithuanian dešimt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lithuaniandešimtten
2Proto-Balto-Slavic*déśimtten
3Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥tten

via Lithuanian penki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lithuanianpenkifive
2Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive
Every word from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic *déśimt →Every word from Lithuanian dešimt →