Where does “столетний” come from?
столетний (Russian) comes from Russian сто, from Proto-Slavic sъto, from Proto-Balto-Slavic śímta, from Proto-Indo-European ḱm̥tóm, from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥ — ten.
столетний (Russian): hundred-year; hundred-year-old
Definitions
- hundred-year; hundred-year-old
Ancestry of “столетний”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Russian | сто | hundred |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | sъto | hundred |
| 3 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | śímta | hundred |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱm̥tóm | hundred |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | déḱm̥ | ten |