Where does “цѧта” come from?
цѧта (Old Church Slavonic) comes from Proto-Slavic cęta, from Gothic 𐌺𐌹𐌽𐍄𐌿𐍃, from Latin centum, from Latin folium, from Proto-Italic *foljom, from Proto-Indo-European bʰolh₃yom, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-.
цѧта (Old Church Slavonic): small coin
Ancestry of “цѧта”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Slavic | cęta | small coin |
| 2 | Gothic | 𐌺𐌹𐌽𐍄𐌿𐍃 | small coin, cent |
| 3 | Latin | centum | a hundred; 100 |
| 4 | Latin | folium | a leaf; a petal; a sheet or leaf of paper |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *foljom | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰolh₃yom | leaf |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |