Where does “пятнадцатилетний” come from?
пятнадцатилетний (Russian) comes from Russian пятна́дцать, from Russian пять, from Old Church Slavonic пѧть, from Proto-Slavic pętь, from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe — five.
пятнадцатилетний (Russian): fifteen-year; fifteen-year-old
Definitions
- fifteen-year; fifteen-year-old
Ancestry of “пятнадцатилетний”, step by step
пятнадцатилетний traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Russian пятна́дцать
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | пятна́дцать | fifteen (15) |
| 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 |