Where does “degbal” come from?

degbal (Volapük) comes from Volapük deg, from Latin decem, from Latin -nus, from Proto-Italic -nos, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.

degbal (Volapük): eleven

Definitions

  1. eleven

Ancestry of “degbal”, step by step

degbal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Volapük deg

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

via Volapük bal

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Volapükbalone
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nós →Every word from Latin -nus →Every word from Latin decem →