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Where does “pedesetero” come from?

pedesetero (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.

pedesetero (Serbo-Croatian): fifty living things of neuter gender; fifty...

Definitions

  1. fifty living things of neuter gender; fifty...

Ancestry of “pedesetero”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianpedèsēt—
2Serbo-Croatiandȅsetten
3Proto-Slavicdesętьten
4Proto-Balto-Slavic*déśimt—
5Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥tten
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