Where does “деведесет” come from?

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

деведесет (Serbo-Croatian): ninety

Definitions

  1. ninety

Ancestry of “деведесет”, step by step

деведесет 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 де̏вет

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianде̏ветnine
2Proto-Slavicdevętьnine
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁néwn̥nine
Every word from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic *déśimt →Every word from Proto-Slavic desętь →