Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/septḿ̥dḱomt

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

*septm̥̄́ḱomt[1]

Etymology

From *septḿ̥ (“seven”) +‎ *déḱm̥ (“ten”).

Numeral

**Proto-Indo-European cardinal numbers**
< 60	70	80 >
Cardinal : septḿ̥dḱomt Ordinal* : *septm̥dḱm̥tós[2]

*septḿ̥dḱomt[3]

seventy

Descendants

Armenian:
- Old Armenian: եօթանասուն (eōtʿanasun)
  - Armenian: յոթանասուն (yotʿanasun)
Celtic:
- Old Irish: sechtmoga
  - Irish: seachtó
Hellenic:
- Ancient Greek: ἑβδομήκοντα (hebdomḗkonta) (< *septm̥ḱómth₂)
Proto-Indo-Iranian: *saptatí
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *saptatí f
  - Sanskrit: सप्तति (saptatí)
    - Pali: sattari
    - Bengali: সত্তর (sôttôr)
    - Hindi: सत्तर (sattar)
    - Urdu: ستر‎ (sattar)
- Proto-Iranian: *haptatí
  - Persian: هفتاد‎ (haftâd)
  - Tajik: хафтод (xaftod)
Italic:
- Latin: septuāgintā (see there for further descendants)
Tocharian:
- Tocharian A: ṣutaṅka
- Tocharian B: ṣäptuk

References

Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 418
Fortson, Benjamin W. (2004, 2010) Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, Oxford: Blackwell
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

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

[Fortson_p132-2] Fortson, Benjamin W. (2004, 2010) Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, Oxford: Blackwell

[3] 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