Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/na desęte

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-Slavic

Etymology

Literally, “on ten”, a formation found also in Latvian -padsmit, Albanian -mbëdhjetë, Romanian -sprezece, Hungarian tizen-, Old Armenian -տասան (-tasan), dialectal Ancient Greek [Term?] and Tocharian B [Term?].

Numeral

*na desęte

1. -teen (+10)

   *edinъ na desęte ― eleven (literally, “one on ten”)

Reconstruction notes

• Some descendants reflect a morphological variant *na desętь (literally “to ten”), possibly favoured to allow it to be declined like numerals like *pętь (“5”).

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: -надесѧть (-nadesętĭ)
    • Old Ruthenian: -надесѧть (-nadesjatʹ)
      • Belarusian: -наццаць (-naccacʹ)
      • Carpathian Rusyn: -надцять (-nadcjatʹ)
      • Ukrainian: -надцять (-nadcjatʹ)
    • Russian: -надцать (-nadcatʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: на десѧте (na desęte)

    Glagolitic script: ⱀⰰ ⰴⰵⱄⱔⱅⰵ (na desęte)

  • Bulgarian: -на́десет (-nádeset)
  • Macedonian: -наесет (-naeset)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: -наест

    Latin script: -naest

  • Slovene: -najst
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: -náct
  • Polish: -naście
  • Slovak: -násť
  • Sorbian:

    Lower Sorbian: -nasćo

    Upper Sorbian: -naće