Where does “пятиалтынный” come from?

пятиалтынный (Russian) comes from Russian пять, from Old Church Slavonic пѧть, from Proto-Slavic pętь, from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe — five.

пятиалтынный (Russian): fifteen-copeck coin

Definitions

  1. fifteen-copeck coin

Ancestry of “пятиалтынный”, step by step

пятиалтынный traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Russian пять

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianпятьfive; second-person singular imperative...
2Old Church Slavonicпѧтьfive
3Proto-Slavicpętьfive
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive

via Russian алты́н

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianалты́нaltyn a three-kopek coin
2Tatarалтыsix
3Proto-Turkicaltïsix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe →Every word from Proto-Slavic pętь →Every word from Old Church Slavonic пѧть →