Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/dekam

This Proto-Celtic 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-Celtic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈde.kam/

Numeral

Proto-Celtic cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : *dekam     Ordinal : *dekametos

*dekam

1. ten

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic: *deg
  • Old Breton: dec
    • Middle Breton: dek
      • Breton: dek
  • Cornish: deg
  • Cumbric:
    • → English: dick
  • Middle Welsh: deg
    • Welsh: deg
• Old Irish: deich
  • Irish: deich
  • Manx: jeih
  • Scottish Gaelic: deich