Where does “dvanaestero” come from?

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

dvanaestero (Serbo-Croatian): twelve persons of different gender/sex

Definitions

  1. twelve persons of different gender/sex

Ancestry of “dvanaestero”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatiandvánaēsttwelve
2Serbo-Croatiandȅsetten
3Proto-Slavicdesętьten
4Proto-Balto-Slavic*déśimtten
5Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥tten
Every word from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic *déśimt →Every word from Proto-Slavic desętь →