Where does “pedesetak” come from?

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

pedesetak (Serbo-Croatian): some fifty, fifty-odd, about fifty

Definitions

  1. some fifty, fifty-odd, about fifty

Ancestry of “pedesetak”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianpedèsētfifty
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 →
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