Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/déḱm̥
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This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unknown; possibly containing *ḱm̥t, from *ḱomt (“hand”), perhaps whence Proto-Germanic *handuz (“hand”). See also *deḱ-.
Numeral
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| Cardinal : *déḱm̥ Ordinal : *deḱm̥tós[1] Collective : *déḱm̥t | ||
*déḱm̥ (uninflected, probably)
Derived terms
[edit]- *ḱm̥tóm (“hundred”)
Descendants
[edit]- Proto-Albanian: *detsa (< *déḱm̥t) (see there for further descendants)
- Armenian:
- Proto-Balto-Slavic: *déśimt < (< *déḱm̥t) (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Celtic: *dekam (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Germanic: *tehun (< *déḱm̥t) (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Hellenic: *dékə (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *dáća (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Italic: *dekem (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Tocharian: *śäk[2] (see there for further descendants)
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References
[edit]- ^ Fortson, Benjamin W. (2004, 2010) Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, Oxford: Blackwell
- ^ Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “śak”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, pages 674-675