Where does “столі́ття” come from?
столі́ття (Ukrainian) comes from Ukrainian сто, from Proto-Slavic sъto, from Proto-Balto-Slavic śímta, from Proto-Indo-European ḱm̥tóm, from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥ — ten.
столі́ття (Ukrainian): century
Definitions
- century
Ancestry of “столі́ття”, step by step
столі́ття traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Ukrainian сто
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ukrainian | сто | hundred |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | sъto | hundred |
| 3 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | śímta | hundred |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱm̥tóm | hundred |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | déḱm̥ | ten |
via Ukrainian літо
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ukrainian | літо | summer |
| 2 | Ukrainian | -ок | takes masculine nouns, produces diminutive masculine nouns, sometimes with further sense development |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | -ъkъ | Forms diminutives from old u-stem nouns;... |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | -kъ | Deverbal, forms token nouns; From expressive or... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -kos | Creates deadjectival and desubstantival... |