Where does “trideset” come from?

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

trideset (Serbo-Croatian): thirty

Definitions

  1. thirty

Ancestry of “trideset”, step by step

trideset traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Serbo-Croatian dȅset

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

via Serbo-Croatian trȋ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatiantrȋthree
2Proto-Slavictri—
3Proto-Balto-Slavictríjesthree
4Proto-Indo-European*tréyes—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic *déśimt →Every word from Proto-Slavic desętь →