Reconstruction:Proto-Hellenic/dékə

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This Proto-Hellenic 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-Hellenic

Proto-Hellenic numbers (edit)
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    Cardinal: *dékə
    Ordinal: *dékətos

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ (ten).[1]

Numeral

*dékə

  1. ten

Descendants

  • Ancient Greek: δέκα (déka)

References

  1. ^ 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