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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/wídḱm̥ti

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Alternative reconstructions
  • *wī́ḱm̥tih₁[1]
  • *dwídḱm̥ti[2]
  • *wi(h₁)dḱm̥t[3]

Etymology

From earlier *dwidḱómt, from *dwi- (“two”) (compare *dwóh₁ (“two”)) + *déḱm̥t (“ten”). The change from *wīdḱómt- > wīḱm̥t- was in analogy to *déḱm̥ (“ten”).

Numeral
cardinal number
20 Previous: *déḱm̥
Next: *tridḱómt

*wídḱm̥ti [4]

  1. twenty

Descendants

References
  1. Ringe, Don (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic, Oxford University Press, page 205
  2. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2011) Comparative Indo-European Linguistics: An Introduction, revised and corrected by Michiel de Vaan, 2nd edition, Amsterdam, Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, page 238
  3. Adams, Douglas Q. (2013), “ikante”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 66
  4. Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 418
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