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Where does “девет” come from?

девет (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic devętь, from Proto-Indo-European h₁néwn̥ — nine.

девет (Serbo-Croatian): nine

Definitions

  1. nine

Ancestry of “девет”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicdevętьnine
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁néwn̥nine

Words derived from “девет”

  • деведесет
  • деветеро
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