Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/tuHsont-

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Alternative reconstructions

*tuh₂sont- (based on *tewh₂-)

Etymology

Possibly from *tewh₂- (“to swell”). According to Kroonen, the root should be reconstructed as *tuh₂sḱmto-, compounded from a prefix *tuh₂s- (from *tewh₂-) and *ḱm̥tóm (“hundred”).

Numeral

**Proto-Indo-European cardinal numbers**
< 100	1,000
Cardinal : *tuHsont-

*tuHsont-

thousand
Synonym: *ǵʰéslom

Descendants

Proto-Balto-Slavic: *tū́ˀsantis (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Germanic: *þūsundī (see there for further descendants)
>? Tocharian A: tmām (“ten thousand”)
>? Tocharian B: tmāne (“ten thousand”)

References

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