Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/tuHsont-
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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]- *tuh₂sont- (based on *tewh₂-)
Etymology
[edit]Possibly from *tewh₂- (“to swell”).[1] According to Kroonen, the root should be reconstructed as *tuh₂sdḱmto-, compounded from a prefix *tuh₂s- (from *tewh₂-) and *déḱm̥t (“ten”) or *ḱm̥tóm (“hundred”).[2]
Numeral
[edit]| < 100 | 1,000 | |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal : *tuHsont- | ||
*tuHsont-
Descendants
[edit]- Proto-Balto-Slavic: *tū́ˀsantis (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Germanic: *þūsundī (see there for further descendants)
References
[edit]- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 459-60; 473-4
- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*þūshundī-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 554