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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hundaradą

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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-Germanic

Etymology

From *hundą (hundred) + *radą (count).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxun.dɑ.ˌrɑ.ðɑ̃/

Noun

*hundaradą n

  1. (+genitive) a great hundred (120)
  2. (+genitive) a hundred (100)

Usage notes

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

neuter a-stemDeclension of *hundaradą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *hundaradą *hundaradō
vocative *hundaradą *hundaradō
accusative *hundaradą *hundaradō
genitive *hundaradas, *hundaradis *hundaradǫ̂
dative *hundaradai *hundaradamaz
instrumental *hundaradō *hundaradamiz

Descendants

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