Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hundą

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 Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm. Cognate with Latin centum, Old Irish cét, Lithuanian šimtas, Sanskrit शत (śatá).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈxun.dɑ̃/

Noun

cardinal number
100/120	Previous:	*newuntēhundą
100/120	Next:	*þūsundī

*hundą n

(+genitive) a great hundred (120)
(+genitive) a hundred (100)

Usage notes

The words *hundą and *hundaradą may have not originally had a specific definition, but used as a general word for a fairly large number. This usage continued in many daughter languages, but eventually its value was fixed at 100 as was Latin centum, its cognate.

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *hundą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*hundą	*hundō
vocative	*hundą	*hundō
accusative	*hundą	*hundō
genitive	hundas, hundis	*hundǫ̂
dative	*hundai	*hundamaz
instrumental	*hundō	*hundamiz

Derived terms

*hundaradą

Descendants

Old English: hund
- Middle English: hund
Old Frisian: hund (in compounds)
Old Saxon: hund
- Middle Low German: hunt
Old Dutch: *hund
- Middle Dutch: hont
  - Dutch: hond, hont (obsolete unit of area)
Old High German: hund
- Middle High German: hunt
  - German: hunt (obsolete)
Gothic: 𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳 (hund)

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