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Where does “десяти́на” come from?

десяти́на (Russian) comes from Russian де́сять, from Old Church Slavonic десѧть, from Proto-Slavic desętь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *déśimt, from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t — ten.

десяти́на (Russian): tenth, tithe

Definitions

  1. tenth, tithe

Ancestry of “десяти́на”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianде́сятьten
2Old Church Slavonicдесѧтьten
3Proto-Slavicdesętьten
4Proto-Balto-Slavic*déśimt—
5Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥tten

Words derived from “десяти́на”

  • desiatina
  • dessiatina
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