Where does “osiemnastolecie” come from?

osiemnastolecie (Polish) comes from Polish osiemnaście, from Polish -y, from Old Polish -y, from Proto-Slavic jь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic iś, from Old Polish ić, from Proto-Slavic jьti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic eitei — to go.

osiemnastolecie (Polish): eighteen-year-long period

Definitions

  1. eighteen-year-long period

Ancestry of “osiemnastolecie”, step by step

osiemnastolecie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Polish osiemnaście

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishosiemnaścieeighteen
2Polish-ynominative plural ending of some masculine nouns;...
3Old Polish-yforms adjectives
4Proto-Slavicthis; he
5Proto-Balto-Slavicthis
6Old Polishto go
7Proto-Slavicjьtito go
8Proto-Balto-Slaviceiteito go
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éytito go, to be going
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ey-to go

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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁éytiEvery word from Proto-Balto-Slavic eitei
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