Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/devę(t)nosъto

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-SlavicEdit

EtymologyEdit

From earlier *dewį̄(t)-ná-suta, ultimately from Proto-Balto-Slavic *newin(t)śumta, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥(d)ḱm̥tóm, from *h₁néwn̥dḱomt (90), from *h₁néwn̥ (nine) + *déḱm̥ (ten).

NumeralEdit

*devę(t)nòsъto[1][2]

  1. (North Slavic) ninety (90)
    Synonym: *devętь desętь

DescendantsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1977), “*devę(t)nosъto / *devęsъto?”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 4 (*čaběniti – *děľa), Moscow: Nauka, page 220
  2. ^ Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1979), “devę(t)nosъto”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 3 (davьnъ – dobirati sę), Wrocław: National Ossoliński Institute, →ISBN, page 88

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