Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/tuHsont-

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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

Alternative reconstructions

Etymology

Possibly from *tewh₂- (“to swell”).[1] According to Kroonen, the root should be reconstructed as *tuh₂sdḱmto-, compounded from a prefix *tuh₂s- (from *tewh₂-) and *déḱm̥t (“ten”) or *ḱm̥tóm (“hundred”).[2]

Numeral

Proto-Indo-European cardinal numbers
 <  100 1,000
    Cardinal : *tuHsont-

*tuHsont-

  1. thousand
    Synonym: *ǵʰéslom

Descendants

  • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *tū́ˀsantis (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Germanic: *þūsundī (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 459-60; 473-4
  2. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*þūshundī-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 554

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