Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/wídḱm̥ti

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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

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Etymology

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    From earlier *dwidḱómt, with loss of initial *d- (or perhaps, as suggested by Hellenic, dissimilation to *h₁-) and compensatory lengthening, from *dwi- (“two”) +‎ *déḱm̥ (“ten”). The change from *wīdḱómt- > wīḱm̥t- was in analogy to *déḱm̥ (“ten”).

    Numeral

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    Proto-Indo-European cardinal numbers
     <  10 20 30  > 
        Cardinal : *wídḱm̥ti
        Ordinal : *widḱm̥tós[1]

    *wídḱm̥ti[2]

    1. twenty

    Alternative reconstructions

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    • *wī́ḱm̥tih₁[3]
    • *dwídḱm̥ti[4]
    • *wi(h₁)dḱm̥t[5]
    • *h₁wi(h₁)ḱm̥tih₁[6]

    Descendants

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    References

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    1. ^ Fortson, Benjamin W. (2004, 2010) Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, Oxford: Blackwell
    2. ^ Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 418
    3. ^ Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎[1], Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 205
    4. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2011) Comparative Indo-European Linguistics: An Introduction, 2nd edition, revised and corrected by Michiel de Vaan, Amsterdam, Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, page 238
    5. ^ Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “ikante”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 66
    6. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “vīgintī”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 678


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