Where does “пятиле́тие” come from?
пятиле́тие (Russian) comes from Russian пять, from Old Church Slavonic пѧть, from Proto-Slavic pętь, from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe — five.
пятиле́тие (Russian): five-year period, half-decade
Definitions
- five-year period, half-decade
Ancestry of “пятиле́тие”, step by step
пятиле́тие traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Russian пять
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Russian | пять | five; second-person singular imperative... |
| 2 | Old Church Slavonic | пѧть | five |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | pętь | five |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | pénkʷe | five |
via Russian ле́то
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Russian | ле́то | year; summer, year |
| 2 | Old East Slavic | лѣто | time |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | lěto | summer; year |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | leh₁tóm | — |
Words derived from “пятиле́тие”