Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/kʷétwr̥dḱomt
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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 reconstructions
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From *kʷetwr̥- (“four”) + *déḱm̥ (“ten”).
Numeral
[edit]| < 30 | 40 | 50 > |
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| Cardinal : *kʷétwr̥dḱomt Ordinal : *kʷetwr̥dḱm̥tós[2] | ||
*kʷétwr̥dḱomt[3]
Descendants
[edit]- Proto-Armenian: (< *kʷetwr̥̄ḱomt)
- Proto-Celtic: *kʷeturkonts
- Old Irish: cethorcho
- Middle Irish: cethracha
- Irish: ceathracha
- Middle Irish: cethracha
- Old Irish: cethorcho
- Proto-Hellenic: (< *kʷetwr̥̄ḱomt)
- Ancient Greek: τεσσαράκοντα (tessarákonta)
- Greek: σαράντα (saránta)
- Ancient Greek: τεσσαράκοντα (tessarákonta)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *čatwārHćát
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *ćatwārHśát
- Sanskrit: चत्वारिंशत् (catvāriṃśát)
- Proto-Iranian: *čatwārHcát
- Persian: چهل (čehel)
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *ćatwārHśát
- Proto-Italic:
- Latin: quadrāgintā (see there for further descendants)
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References
[edit]- ^ Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 418
- ^ Fortson, Benjamin W. (2004, 2010) Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, Oxford: Blackwell
- ^ 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