Where does “pedesetogodišnjak” come from?

pedesetogodišnjak (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.

pedesetogodišnjak (Serbo-Croatian): a fifty-year old, quinquagenarian

Definitions

  1. a fifty-year old, quinquagenarian

Ancestry of “pedesetogodišnjak”, step by step

pedesetogodišnjak traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Serbo-Croatian pedèsēt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianpedèsētfifty
2Serbo-Croatiandȅsetten
3Proto-Slavicdesętьten
4Proto-Balto-Slavic*déśimtten
5Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥tten

via Serbo-Croatian godišnjak

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatiangodišnjak—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic *déśimt →Every word from Proto-Slavic desętь →