Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/tehun

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This Proto-Germanic 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-Germanic

Proto-Germanic cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : *tehun
    Ordinal : *tehundô
    Multiplier : *tehunfalþaz

Etymology

    From earlier *tehunt, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥t (ten).

    Pronunciation

    Numeral

    *tehun

    1. ten

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    References

    1. ^ Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 87
    2. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*tehun-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 512