Where does “diecisiete” come from?

diecisiete (Spanish) comes from Spanish y, from Old Spanish e, from Latin et, from Proto-Indo-European éti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁é, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰe — Postpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact.

diecisiete (Spanish): seventeen

Definitions

  1. seventeen

Ancestry of “diecisiete”, step by step

diecisiete traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish y

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishyand; plus, and; well
2Old Spanisheand
3Latinetand; plus; though, even if
4Proto-Indo-Europeanétibeyond; over
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éand, then
6Proto-Indo-EuropeanǵʰePostpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact

via Spanish diez

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishdiezten; A
2Old Spanishdiezten
3Latindecemten; 10
4Latin-nus-an
5Proto-Italic-nosCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
6Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots

via Spanish siete

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishsieteseven
2LatinSeptemseven; 7
3Proto-Italicseptemseven
4Proto-Indo-Europeanseptḿ̥seven

Words derived from “diecisiete

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰe