Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/devętь sъtъ

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

Alternative reconstructions

*devętь sъto

Etymology

Compound of *devętь (“9”) +‎ *sъtъ (“100”, gen. pl.).

Numeral

*devętь sъtъ[1][2]

nine hundred (900)

Derived terms

*devętь sъtina (< *-ina)
- South Slavic:
  - Bulgarian: дéветстóтин (dévetstótin), (dialectal) дéветстóтины (dévetstótiny)
  - Macedonian: деветстотини (devetstotini), (dialectal) деветстóтине (devetstótine)
  - Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: (dialectal) де̏вет сто̏тин, (obsolete) де̏вет сто̏тина
    
    Latin script: (dialectal) dȅvet stȍtin, (obsolete) dȅvet stȍtina

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: *девѧтьсътъ (*devętĭsŭtŭ), *девѧтьсотъ (*devętĭsotŭ)
  - Old Ruthenian: девѧтсо́тъ (devjatsót), девѧтьсо́тъ (devjatʹsót), девєтсо́тъ (devjetsót), девєтьсо́тъ (devjetʹsót)
    - Belarusian: дзевяцьсо́т (dzjevjacʹsót)
    - Carpathian Rusyn: де́вятьсто (dévjatʹsto)
    - Ukrainian: дев'ятсо́т (devʺjatsót), (dialectal) дев'ятьсо́т (devʺjatʹsót), див'ятсото́ (dyvʺjatsotó)
  - Middle Russian: девѧтьсо́тъ (devjatʹsót), девѧтъ сутъ (devjat sut)
    - Russian: девятьсо́т (devjatʹsót)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: *девѧть сътъ (*devętĭ sŭtŭ)
  
  Glagolitic script: *ⰴⰵⰲⱔⱅⱐ ⱄⱏⱅⱏ (*devętĭ sŭtŭ)
- Old Serbo-Croatian: devet sto, devet sat, devetsat, devetcat, devecat
  - Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: де̏ветсто
    
    Latin script: dȅvetsto
- Slovene: devȇtstọ (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: devatset
  - Czech: devět set
- Kashubian: żevącset
- Old Polish: dziewięćset, dziewięć set
  - Polish: dziewięćset
  - Silesian: dziewiyńćset
- Slovak: deväťsto
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: źeẃeś stow
  - Upper Sorbian: dźewjeć stow

References

Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1979), “devętь sъtъ”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volumes 3 (davьnъ – dobirati sę), Wrocław: Ossolineum, →ISBN, page 94
Anikin, A. E. (2019) “девятьсо́т”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), numbers 13 (два – дигло), Moscow: Russian Language Institute, →ISBN, page 114: “прасл. *devętь sъtъ ― prasl. *devętʹ sʺt”