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Where does “педесетогодишњак” come from?

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

педесетогодишњак (Serbo-Croatian): a fifty-year old, quinquagenarian

Definitions

  1. a fifty-year old, quinquagenarian

Ancestry of “педесетогодишњак”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianпедесетfifty
2Serbo-Croatianде̏сетten
3Proto-Slavicdesętьten
4Proto-Balto-Slavic*déśimt—
5Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥tten
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