Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/ḱm̥tóm

This Proto-Indo-European entry contains reconstructed words 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

Alternative forms

• *h₁ḱm̥tóm (< *dḱm̥tóm)

Etymology

Some sort of derivation from *déḱm̥ (“ten”) (with Pre-IE *d lost or merged with *h₁ in the same way the initial dental obstruent was lost in the oblique cases of *dʰéǵʰōm (“earth”)), perhaps its ordinal number (*déḱm̥ +‎ *-ó-). If so then this could come from some phrase, "tenth", whose substantive noun can only be conjectured.

Numeral

Proto-Indo-European cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : *ḱm̥tóm

*ḱm̥tóm or *dḱm̥tóm (uninflected)

1. hundred

Descendants

• Proto-Balto-Slavic: *śímta < (< *ḱḿ̥tom) (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Celtic: *kantom (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Germanic: *hundą (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Hellenic: *hekətón (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Indo-Iranian: *ćatám (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Italic: *kentom (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Tocharian: *känte
  • Tocharian A: känt
  • Tocharian B: kante

References

• Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN