Where does “degkil” come from?

degkil (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.

degkil (Volapük): thirteen

Definitions

  1. thirteen

Ancestry of “degkil”, step by step

degkil 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 kil

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