Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/tuHsont-

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

Alternative reconstructions

• *tuh₂sont- (based on *tewh₂-)

Etymology

Possibly from *tewh₂- (“to swell”). According to Kroonen, the root should be reconstructed as *tuh₂sḱmto-, compounded from a prefix *tuh₂s- (from *tewh₂-) and *ḱm̥tóm (“hundred”).

Numeral

Proto-Indo-European cardinal numbers

<  100	1,000
Cardinal : *tuHsont-

*tuHsont-

1. thousand (disputed - see talk page)

   Synonym: *ǵʰéslom

Descendants

• Proto-Balto-Slavic: *tū́ˀsantis (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Germanic: *þūsundī (see there for further descendants)
• >? Tocharian A: tmām (“ten thousand”)
• >? Tocharian B: tmāne (“ten thousand”)

References

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