Where does “продекан” come from?

продекан (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian декан, from German Dekan, from Latin decānus, from Latin decem, from Latin -nus, from Proto-Italic -nos, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.

продекан (Serbo-Croatian): vice-dean, associate/assistant dean

Definitions

  1. vice-dean, associate/assistant dean

Ancestry of “продекан”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianдеканdean
2GermanDekandean; decane Decan n
3Latindecānuschief of ten people (in various contexts)
4Latindecemten; 10
5Latin-nus-an
6Proto-Italic-nosCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
7Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nós →Every word from Latin -nus →Every word from Latin decem →