Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/dekam

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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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥.

Numeral

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Proto-Celtic cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : *dekam
    Ordinal : *dekametos

*dekam

  1. ten

Descendants

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  • Proto-Brythonic: *deg
    • Old Breton: dec
    • Cornish: deg
    • Cumbric:
    • Middle Welsh: deg
  • Old Irish: deich