Where does “desetnik” come from?
desetnik (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Czech deset, from Old Czech desět, from Proto-Slavic desętь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *déśimt, from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t — ten.
desetnik (Serbo-Croatian): corporal; petty officer second class; decurion
Definitions
- corporal; petty officer second class; decurion
Ancestry of “desetnik”, step by step