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Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/dekəm

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This Proto-Italic 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-Italic

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Proto-Italic numbers (edit)
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    Cardinal: *dekəm
    Ordinal: *dekəmos

Etymology

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    From Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥.

    Numeral

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    *dekəm

    1. ten

    Alternative reconstructions

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    Descendants

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    • Latin: decem (see there for further descendants)
    • Umbrian: *desen

    References

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    1. ^ Heidermanns, Frank (2002), “Nominal Composition In Sabellic And Proto-Italic”, in Transactions of the Philological Society, volume 100, number 2, →DOI, →ISSN, page 198:*dekm̥
    2. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “decem”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 163-164