Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₁néwn̥dḱomt

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-EuropeanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From *h₁néwn̥ (“nine”) +‎ *déḱm̥ (“ten”).

NumeralEdit

**Proto-Indo-European cardinal numbers**
< 80	90	100 >
Cardinal : h₁néwn̥dḱomt Ordinal* : *h₁newn̥dḱm̥tós^[1]

*h₁néwn̥dḱomt^[2]

ninety

DescendantsEdit

Armenian:
- Old Armenian: իննսուն (innsun)
  - Armenian: իննսուն (innsun)
Hellenic:
- Ancient Greek: ἐνενήκοντα (enenḗkonta), ἐννήκοντα (ennḗkonta)
  - Greek: ενενήντα (enenínta)
Proto-Indo-Iranian: *Hnawatí
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *Hnawatí
  - Sanskrit: नवति (navatí)
    - Pali: navuti
    - Bengali: নব্বই (nôbbôi)
    - Hindi: नव्वे (navve)
    - Urdu: نوے‎ (navve)
- Proto-Iranian: *Hnawatí
  - Persian: نَوَد‎ (navad)
  - Tajik: навад (navad)
Italic:
- Latin: nōnāgintā (see there for further descendants)
Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: девѧносъто (devęnosŭto) (influenced by съто (sŭto, “100”))
  - Belarusian: дзевяно́ста (dzjevjanósta)
  - Russian: девяно́сто (devjanósto)
  - Ukrainian: дев'яно́сто (devʺjanósto)
Tocharian:
- Tocharian A: nmuk
- Tocharian B: ñuṅka

ReferencesEdit

^ 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, revised and corrected by Michiel de Vaan, 2nd edition, Amsterdam, Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, page 238

[Fortson_p132-1] Fortson, Benjamin W. (2004, 2010) Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, Oxford: Blackwell

[2] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2011) Comparative Indo-European Linguistics: An Introduction, revised and corrected by Michiel de Vaan, 2nd edition, Amsterdam, Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, page 238

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