Where does “десѧть” come from?

десѧть (Old East Slavic) comes from Proto-Slavic desętь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *déśimt, from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t — ten.

десѧть (Old East Slavic): ten

Definitions

  1. ten

Ancestry of “десѧть”, step by step

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