Etymograph

English

dessiatina

Dessiatina comes from Russian десяти́на ‘tenth, tithe’, from де́сять ‘ten (10)’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*déḱm̥1‘ten’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*déḱm̥t2‘group of ten, decad’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Balto-Slavicc. 2000–500 BCE*déśimt2‘ten’reconstructed
  4. Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*desętь2‘ten’reconstructed
  5. Old East Slavicmodernдесѧть2‘ten (10)’
  6. Russianmodernде́сять3‘ten (10)’
  7. Russianmodernдесяти́на4desjatína‘tenth, tithe’
  8. Englishearliest quotation 1849dessiatina4

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥t
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Russian десять
  3. 3 Wiktionary, Russian десятина
  4. 4 Wiktionary, English dessiatina
  5. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1849, The Observatory at Pulkowa: “The tract of land given by the emperor contains…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*déḱm̥Wiktionary, Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥t‘ten’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*déḱm̥tWiktionary, Russian десять‘group of ten, decad’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Balto-Slavicc. 2000–500 BCE*déśimtWiktionary, Russian десять‘ten’reconstructed
  4. Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*desętьWiktionary, Russian десять‘ten’reconstructed
  5. Old East SlavicmodernдесѧтьWiktionary, Russian десять‘ten (10)’
  6. Russianmodernде́сятьWiktionary, Russian десятина‘ten (10)’
  7. Russianmodernдесяти́наWiktionary, English dessiatinadesjatína‘tenth, tithe’
  8. Englishearliest quotation 1849dessiatinaWiktionary, English dessiatina. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1849, The Observatory at Pulkowa: “The tract of land given by the emperor contains…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ ‘ten’

ten, cent, dick, dozen, decade, dean, den, diner, decimal, tenfold, denier, deca, dwt, doyen, deni, 48 more

through Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥t ‘group of ten, decad’

century, hundred, sen, hectare, centurion, 7 more

Today it means

noun A Russian measure of land, roughly 1.1 hectares.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “dessiatina”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥t, Russian десять, Russian десятина. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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