Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/kʷétwr̥dḱomt

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

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Alternative reconstructions

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Etymology

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From *kʷetwr̥- (four) +‎ *déḱm̥ (ten).

Numeral

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Proto-Indo-European cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : *kʷétwr̥dḱomt
    Ordinal : *kʷetwr̥dḱm̥tós[2]

*kʷétwr̥dḱomt[3]

  1. forty

Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 418
  2. ^ Fortson, Benjamin W. (2004, 2010) Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, Oxford: Blackwell
  3. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2011) Comparative Indo-European Linguistics: An Introduction, 2nd edition, revised and corrected by Michiel de Vaan, Amsterdam, Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, page 238