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Where does “дека́брь” come from?

дека́брь (Russian) comes from Latin december, from Latin decem, from Latin -nus, from Proto-Italic -nos, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.

Ancestry of “дека́брь”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latindecemberof December; December
2Latindecemten; 10
3Latin-nus-an
4Proto-Italic-nos—
5Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots

Words derived from “дека́брь”

  • dekabr
  • dekabr
  • декабр
  • dekabr
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nós →