Where does “двадцатилетний” come from?
двадцатилетний (Russian) comes from Russian двадца́ть, from Russian два, from Old East Slavic дъва, from Proto-Slavic dъva, from Proto-Balto-Slavic duwō, from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁ — two.
двадцатилетний (Russian): twenty-year; twenty-year-old
Definitions
- twenty-year; twenty-year-old
Ancestry of “двадцатилетний”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Russian | двадца́ть | — |
| 2 | Russian | два | two |
| 3 | Old East Slavic | дъва | — |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | dъva | two |
| 5 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | duwō | two |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dwóh₁ | two |