Where does “сорокарічний” come from?

сорокарічний (Ukrainian) comes from Ukrainian рік, from Old East Slavic рокъ, from Proto-Slavic rokъ, from Proto-Slavic reťi — to say.

сорокарічний (Ukrainian): forty-year

Definitions

  1. forty-year

Ancestry of “сорокарічний”, step by step

сорокарічний traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ukrainian рік

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ukrainianрікyear time it takes for the Earth to complete one revolution of the Sun
2Old East Slavicрокъ—
3Proto-Slavicrokъtime, term; year
4Proto-Slavicreťito say

via Ukrainian сорок

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ukrainianсорокforty
2Old East Slavicсорокъa bunch of 40 sable pelts; a bunch of 40 sable...
3Proto-Slavic*sorkъclothing item
Every word from Proto-Slavic reťi →Every word from Proto-Slavic rokъ →Every word from Old East Slavic рокъ →