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Where does “pedeset” come from?

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

Ancestry of “pedeset”, step by step

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

Words derived from “pedeset”

  • pedesetak
  • pedesetero
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