Where does “deker” come from?

deker (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Middle Norwegian dekor, from Middle Low German deker, from Latin decuria, from Latin decem, from Latin -nus, from Proto-Italic -nos, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.

deker (Norwegian Nynorsk): an amount of ten (of dogs or hides)

Definitions

an amount of ten (of dogs or hides)

Ancestry of “deker”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Middle Norwegian	dekor	—
2	Middle Low German	deker	—
3	Latin	decuria	a group of ten men; a jury; an administrative...
4	Latin	decem	ten; 10
5	Latin	-nus	-an
6	Proto-Italic	-nos	Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems
7	Proto-Indo-European	-nós	Creates verbal adjectives from roots

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nós →