Where does “пятилетка” come from?
пятилетка (Russian) comes from Russian пятиле́тие, from Russian пять, from Old Church Slavonic пѧть, from Proto-Slavic pętь, from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe — five.
пятилетка (Russian): period of five years; five-year plan
Definitions
- period of five years; five-year plan
Ancestry of “пятилетка”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | пятиле́тие | five-year period, half-decade |
| 2 | Russian | пять | five; second-person singular imperative... |
| 3 | Old Church Slavonic | пѧть | five |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | pętь | five |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | pénkʷe | five |