# девѧносто
## Old East Slavic
### Numeral

девѧносто (devęnosto)
* Alternative form of девѧносъто (devęnosŭto, “ninety (90)”)

## Old Ruthenian
### Alternative forms

* девєно́сто (devjenósto)
* девѧно́ста (devjanósta), девено́ста (devenósta) — Old Belarusian
* девꙗно́сто (devjanósto), девѣно́сто (devěnósto), дєвєно́сто (djevjenósto) – alternative spelling

### Etymology

* PIE word
* *h₁néwn̥dḱomt
Inherited from Old East Slavic девѧно́съто (devęnósŭto), from Proto-Slavic *devę(t)nòsъto, ultimately from Proto-Balto-Slavic *newin(t)śumta, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥(d)ḱm̥tom, from *h₁néwn̥dḱomt (“90”), from *h₁néwn̥ (“nine”) + *déḱm̥ (“ten”). Cognate with Russian девяно́сто (devjanósto), Old Novgorodian девѧносото (devęnosoto), девѧносъто (devęnosŭto), Old Polish dziewiętnosto.

### Numeral

девѧно́сто • (devjanósto)
* ninety (90)
    Synonyms: девѧтьдесѧ́ть (devjatʹdesjátʹ), ·ч҃· (·č:·)

#### Descendants

* Belarusian: дзевяно́ста (dzjevjanósta)
* Ukrainian: дев'яно́сто (devʺjanósto)

### References

* ↑ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1977), “*devę(t)nosъto / *devęsъto?”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 4 (*čaběniti – *děľa), Moscow: Nauka, page 220
* ↑ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1985), “дев'яносто”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 2 (Д – Копці), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 21: “ст. девяносто, девеносто (XIV ст.) ― st. devjanosto, devenosto (XIV st.)”
* ↑ Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1985), “дзевяно́ста”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 3 (га! – інчэ́), Minsk: Navuka i technika, page 132
* ↑ Anikin, A. E. (2019) “девяно́сто”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 13 (два – дигло), Moscow: Russian Language Institute, →ISBN, page 100

### Further reading

* Tymchenko, E. K., editor (1932), “девяносто”, in Історичний словник українського язика [Historical Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1, number 2 (Г – Ж), Kharkiv, Kyiv: Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia, page 686
* Tymchenko, E. K., editor (1932), “девеносто”, in Історичний словник українського язика [Historical Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1, number 2 (Г – Ж), Kharkiv, Kyiv: Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia, page 685
* Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1977), “дєвѧносто, дєвєносто”, in Словник староукраїнської мови XIV–XV ст. [Dictionary of the Old Ukrainian Language of the 14ᵗʰ–15ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volume 1 (А – М), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 291
* Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1987), “девяноста, девеноста, девяносто”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 8 (девичий – дорогость), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, page 7
* Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (2000), “девяносто, девѧносто, девеносто”, in Словник української мови XVI – 1-ї пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language of 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), numbers 7 (головнѣйший – десѧтина), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 216