Where does “degtelul” come from?

degtelul (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.

degtelul (Volapük): December (the twelfth (12th) month of the year)

Definitions

  1. December (the twelfth (12th) month of the year)

Ancestry of “degtelul”, step by step

degtelul 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 tel

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