Where does “dvadeset” come from?

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

dvadeset (Serbo-Croatian): twenty

Definitions

  1. twenty

Ancestry of “dvadeset”, step by step

dvadeset 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 Serbo-Croatian dvȃ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatiandvȃtwo
2Proto-Slavicdъvatwo
3Proto-Balto-Slavicduwōtwo
4Proto-Indo-Europeandwóh₁two
Every word from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic *déśimt →Every word from Proto-Slavic desętь →
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