Where does “педесет” come from?
педесет (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian де̏сет, from Proto-Slavic desętь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *déśimt, from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t — ten.
педесет (Serbo-Croatian): fifty
Ancestry of “педесет”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | де̏сет | ten |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | desętь | ten |
| 3 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | *déśimt | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | déḱm̥t | ten |
Words derived from “педесет”