Where does “де́сять” come from?

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

де́сять (Russian): ten

Definitions

  1. ten

Ancestry of “де́сять”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Church Slavonicдесѧтьten
2Proto-Slavicdesętьten
3Proto-Balto-Slavic*déśimtten
4Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥tten

Words derived from “де́сять

Every word from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥tEvery word from Proto-Balto-Slavic *déśimtEvery word from Proto-Slavic desętь