Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/déḱm̥

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

• *déḱm̥t

Etymology

Unknown; possibly containing *ḱm̥t, from *ḱomt (“hand”), perhaps whence Proto-Germanic *handuz (“hand”). See also *deḱ-.

Numeral

Proto-Indo-European cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : *déḱm̥     Ordinal : *deḱm̥tós     Collective : *déḱm̥t

*déḱm̥ (uninflected, probably)

1. ten

Derived terms

• *ḱm̥tóm (“hundred”)

Descendants

• Albanian: *detsa < (< *déḱm̥t) (see there for further descendants)
• Armenian:
  • Old Armenian: տասն (tasn)
    • Armenian: տասը (tasə)
• Balto-Slavic: *déśimt < (< *déḱm̥t) (see there for further descendants)
  • Latgalian: desmit
  • Latvian: desmit
  • Lithuanian: dešimt
  • Old Prussian: desīmtan
  • Slavic: *desętь (see there for further descendants)
• Celtic: *dekam (see there for further descendants)
• Germanic: *tehun < (< *déḱm̥t) (see there for further descendants)
• Hellenic: *dékə (see there for further descendants)
• Indo-Iranian: *dáća (see there for further descendants)
• Italic: *dekem (see there for further descendants)
• Tocharian: *śäk (see there for further descendants)