Where does “девятнадцатилетний” come from?
девятнадцатилетний (Russian) comes from Russian девятна́дцать, from Russian девять, from Old East Slavic де́вѧть, from Proto-Slavic devętь, from Proto-Indo-European h₁néwn̥ — nine.
девятнадцатилетний (Russian): nineteen-year
Definitions
- nineteen-year
Ancestry of “девятнадцатилетний”, step by step
девятнадцатилетний traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Russian девятна́дцать
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | девятна́дцать | nineteen (19) |
| 2 | Russian | девять | nine |
| 3 | Old East Slavic | де́вѧть | nine |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | devętь | nine |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁néwn̥ | nine |