Where does “deseti” come from?

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

deseti (Serbo-Croatian): tenth

Definitions

  1. tenth

Ancestry of “deseti”, step by step

deseti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Serbo-Croatian dȅset

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatiandȅsetten
2Proto-Slavicdesętьten
3Proto-Balto-Slavic*déśimtten
4Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥tten

via Proto-Slavic desętъ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicdesętъtenth
2Proto-Balto-Slavic*deśimtás—
3Proto-Indo-European*deḱm̥tós—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic *déśimt →Every word from Proto-Slavic desętь →