Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hundaradą
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Proto-Germanic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From *hundą (“hundred”) + *radą (“count”), a neuter variant of *radō (“row, line, series”).[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
*hundaradą n
- (+genitive) a great hundred (120)
- (+genitive) a hundred (100)
Usage notes[edit]
The words *hundą and *hundaradą may have originally lacked a specific definition and been used as general words for any fairly large number. This usage continued in many daughter languages, but eventually its value was fixed at 100, as was its Latin cognate, centum.
Inflection[edit]
neuter a-stemDeclension of *hundaradą (neuter a-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *hundaradą | *hundaradō | |
vocative | *hundaradą | *hundaradō | |
accusative | *hundaradą | *hundaradō | |
genitive | *hundaradas, *hundaradis | *hundaradǫ̂ | |
dative | *hundaradai | *hundaradamaz | |
instrumental | *hundaradō | *hundaradamiz |
Descendants[edit]
- Old English: hundred
- Old Frisian: hundred, hunderd
- Old Saxon: hunderod
- Old Dutch: *hundert, *hunderd
- Old Norse: hundrað