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Reconstruction:Proto-Hellenic/kʰehliyoi

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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

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Proto-Hellenic numbers (edit)
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    Cardinal: *kʰehliyoi

Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰesliyoy (thousand).[1]

Numeral

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*kʰehliyoi

  1. thousand

Descendants

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  • Ancient Greek: χίλιοι (khílioi)

References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “χίλιοι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1633-4