Reconstruction:Proto-Hellenic/dékə

This Proto-Hellenic 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-Hellenic

**Proto-Hellenic numbers ^(edit)**
		100
← 1	← 9	10	20 →	100 →
		1
Cardinal: dékə Ordinal: dékətos

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ (“ten”).^[1]

Numeral

*dékə

ten

Related terms

*hekətón (“hundred”)

Descendants

Ancient Greek: δέκα (déka)
- Greek: δέκα (déka)

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “δέκα”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 311-2

[1] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “δέκα”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 311-2

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