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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/déḱm̥

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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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Etymology

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

    Numeral

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    Proto-Indo-European numbers (edit)
    100
    [a], [b] ←  1  ←  9 10 20  →  100  → 
    1[a], [b]
        Cardinal: *déḱm̥
        Ordinal: *deḱm̥tós
        Collective: *déḱm̥t

    *déḱm̥ (uninflected, probably)[1][2]

    1. ten

    Derived terms

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    • *deḱḿ̥-t- (group of ten, decad)[3][4]
      • Proto-Albanian: *detsa (see there for further descendants)
      • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *déśimt (see there for further descendants)
      • Proto-Indo-Iranian:
      • *ḱm̥tóm (hundred)

    Descendants

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    • Proto-Armenian:
    • Proto-Celtic: *dekam (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Germanic: *tehun (or from *déḱm̥t[5]) (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: *ćäkä[6] (see there for further descendants)

    See also

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    References

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    1. ^ Fortson, Benjamin W. (2004, 2010), Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, Oxford: Blackwell, page 131
    2. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “δέκα”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 311-2
    3. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 709
    4. ^ Fortson, Benjamin W. (2004, 2010), Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, Oxford: Blackwell, page 112
    5. ^ Ringe, Donald (2006), From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎[2], 1st edition, Oxford: University Press, →ISBN, page 87
    6. ^ 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