Where does “двадесет” come from?

двадесет (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian де̏сет, from Proto-Slavic desętь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *déśimt, from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t — ten.

двадесет (Serbo-Croatian): twenty

Definitions

  1. twenty

Ancestry of “двадесет”, step by step

двадесет traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Serbo-Croatian де̏сет

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianде̏сетten
2Proto-Slavicdesętьten
3Proto-Balto-Slavic*déśimtten
4Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥tten

via Serbo-Croatian два̑

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianдва̑two
2Proto-Slavicdъvatwo
3Proto-Balto-Slavicduwōtwo
4Proto-Indo-Europeandwóh₁two
Every word from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic *déśimt →Every word from Proto-Slavic desętь →