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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

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Etymology

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    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

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

    *tuHsont-

    1. thousand
      Synonym: *ǵʰéslom

    Alternative reconstructions

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    Descendants

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

    References

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    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. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*þūshundī-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 554

    Further reading

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