Where does “десять” come from?
десять (Russian) comes from Old Church Slavonic десѧть, from Proto-Slavic desętь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *déśimt, from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t — ten.
десять (Russian): ten
Ancestry of “десять”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Church Slavonic | десѧть | ten |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | desętь | ten |
| 3 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | *déśimt | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | déḱm̥t | ten |
Words derived from “десять”