Where does “деветеро” come from?
деветеро (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian де̏вет, from Proto-Slavic devętь, from Proto-Indo-European h₁néwn̥ — nine.
деветеро (Serbo-Croatian): nine persons of different gender/sex
Definitions
- nine persons of different gender/sex
Ancestry of “деветеро”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | де̏вет | nine |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | devętь | nine |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁néwn̥ | nine |