Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/swéḱsdḱomt

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

*swéḱsḱomt[1]

Etymology

From *swéḱs (“six”) +‎ *déḱm̥t (“ten”).

Numeral

cardinal number
60	Previous:	*pénkʷedḱomt
60	Next:	*septḿ̥dḱomt

*swéḱsdḱomt[2]

sixty

Descendants

Armenian:
- Old Armenian: վաթսուն (vatʿsun)
  - Armenian: վաթսուն (vatʿsun)
Hellenic:
- Ancient Greek: ἑξήκοντα (hexḗkonta)
  - Byzantine Greek: ἑξήντα (hexḗnta)
    - Greek: εξήντα (exínta)
Indo-Iranian: *šwaĉšHtí
- Indo-Aryan: *ṣwaṭṣHtí f
  - Sanskrit: षष्टि (ṣaṣṭí)
    - Pali: saṭṭhi
    - Sauraseni Prakrit: [script needed] (saṭṭhi)
      - Hindi: साठ (sāṭh)
      - Urdu: ساٹھ‎ (sāṭh)
- Iranian: *šwašHtí
  - Persian: شصت‎ (šast)
Italic:
- Latin: sexāgintā
Tocharian
- Tocharian B: ṣkaska

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

[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