Where does “десетка” come from?

десетка (Macedonian) comes from Macedonian десет, from Proto-Slavic desętь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *déśimt, from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t — ten.

десетка (Macedonian): ten (name of the number)

Definitions

  1. ten (name of the number)

Ancestry of “десетка”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Macedonianдесетten
2Proto-Slavicdesętьten
3Proto-Balto-Slavic*déśimtten
4Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥tten
Every word from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic *déśimt →Every word from Proto-Slavic desętь →