Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hundą

This Proto-Germanic 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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm. Cognate with Latin centum, Old Irish cét, Lithuanian šimtas, Sanskrit शत (śatá).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxun.dɑ̃/

Noun

cardinal number

100/120	Previous:	*newuntēhundą
	Next:	*þūsundī

*hundą n

1. (+genitive) a great hundred (120)
2. (+genitive) a hundred (100)

Usage notes

The words *hundą and *hundaradą may have not originally had a specific definition, but used as a general word for a fairly large number. This usage continued in many daughter languages, but eventually its value was fixed at 100 as was Latin centum, its cognate.

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *hundą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*hundą	*hundō
vocative	*hundą	*hundō
accusative	*hundą	*hundō
genitive	*hundas, *hundis	*hundǫ̂
dative	*hundai	*hundamaz
instrumental	*hundō	*hundamiz

Derived terms

• *hundaradą

Descendants

• Old English: hund
  • Middle English: hund
• Old Frisian: hund (in compounds)
• Old Saxon: hund
  • Middle Low German: hunt
• Old Dutch: *hund
  • Middle Dutch: hont
    • Dutch: hond, hont (obsolete unit of area)
• Old High German: hund
  • Middle High German: hunt
    • German: hunt (obsolete)
• Old Norse: hund-
• Gothic: 𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳 (hund)