Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/déḱm̥

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 edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

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

Numeral edit

Proto-Indo-European cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : *déḱm̥
    Ordinal : *deḱm̥tós[1]
    Collective : *déḱm̥t

*déḱm̥ (uninflected, probably)

  1. ten

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Proto-Albanian: *detsa < (< *déḱm̥t) (see there for further descendants)
  • Armenian:
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *déśimt < (< *déḱm̥t) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Celtic: *dekam (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Germanic: *tehun < (< *déḱm̥t) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Hellenic: *dékə (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *dáća (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Italic: *dekem (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Tocharian: *śäk[2] (see there for further descendants)

References edit

  1. ^ Fortson, Benjamin W. (2004, 2010) Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, Oxford: Blackwell
  2. ^ Adams, Douglas Q. (2013), “śak”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, pages 674-675