Where does “десѧтъ” come from?

десѧтъ (Old Church Slavonic) comes from Proto-Slavic desętъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *deśimtás, from Proto-Indo-European *deḱm̥tós.

десѧтъ (Old Church Slavonic): tenth

Definitions

  1. tenth

Ancestry of “десѧтъ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicdesętъtenth
2Proto-Balto-Slavic*deśimtás—
3Proto-Indo-European*deḱm̥tós—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *deḱm̥tós →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic *deśimtás →Every word from Proto-Slavic desętъ →