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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm. Cognate with Latin centum, Old Irish cét, Lithuanian šimtas, Sanskrit शत (śatá).
Pronunciation
Noun
*hundą n
- (+genitive) a great hundred (120)
- (+genitive) a hundred (100)
Usage notes
The words *hundą and *hundaradą may have not originally had a specific definition, but used as a general word for a fairly large number. This usage continued in many daughter languages, but eventually its value was fixed at 100 as was Latin centum, its cognate.
Inflection
| neuter a-stemDeclension of *hundą (neuter a-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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*hundą
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*hundō
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| vocative
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*hundą
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*hundō
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| accusative
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*hundą
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*hundō
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| genitive
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*hundas, *hundis
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*hundǫ̂
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| dative
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*hundai
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*hundamaz
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| instrumental
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*hundō
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*hundamiz
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Derived terms
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