Where does “dziewięciolecie” come from?

dziewięciolecie (Polish) comes from Polish łat, from Latvian lats, from Latvian Latvija, from Latvian latvis, from Latvian latuvis, from Latvian Latuva.

dziewięciolecie (Polish): nine-year-long period

Definitions

  1. nine-year-long period

Ancestry of “dziewięciolecie”, step by step

dziewięciolecie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Polish łat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishłatlat
2Latvianlatslats monetary unit of Latvia between 1922 and 1940, and again between 1993 and 2013; replaced by the Euro on Jan. 1st, 2014
3LatvianLatvijaLatvia
4Latvianlatvisa Latvian, a Lett; a member of the Latvian...
5Latvianlatuvis—
6LatvianLatuva—

via Polish dziewięć

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishdziewięćnine
2Proto-Slavicdevętьnine
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁néwn̥nine
Every word from Latvian Latuva →Every word from Latvian latuvis →Every word from Latvian latvis →