Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/kʷétwr̥dḱomt

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

*kʷétwr̥̄ḱomt[1]

Etymology

From *kʷetwr̥- (“four”) (compare *kʷetwóres) + *déḱm̥t (“ten”).

Numeral

cardinal number
40	Previous:	*tridḱómt
40	Next:	*pénkʷedḱomt

*kʷétwr̥dḱomt [2]

forty

Descendants

Armenian: (< *kʷetwr̥̄ḱomt)
- Old Armenian: քառասուն (kʿaṙasun)
  - Armenian: քառասուն (kʿaṙasun)
Hellenic: (< *kʷetwr̥̄ḱomt)
- Ancient Greek: τεσσαράκοντα (tessarákonta)
  - Greek: σαράντα (saránta)
Indo-Iranian: *čatwārHĉát
- Indo-Aryan: *ćatwārHśát
  - Sanskrit: चत्वारिंशत् (catvāriṃśát)
    - Hindustani:
      - Hindi: चालीस (cālīs)
      - Urdu: چالیس‎ (cālīs)
- Iranian: *čatwārHĉát
  - Persian: چهل‎ (čehel)
Italic:
- Latin: quadrāgintā (see there for further descendants)

References

Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 418
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

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[1] Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 418

[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