Where does “deveti” come from?
deveti (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian dȅvet, from Proto-Slavic devętь, from Proto-Indo-European h₁néwn̥ — nine.
deveti (Serbo-Croatian): ninth
Ancestry of “deveti”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | dȅvet | nine |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | devętь | nine |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁néwn̥ | nine |