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Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/kentom
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Proto-Italic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈken.tom/
Numeral
*kentom[1]
- hundred (100)
Declension
Latin centum did not decline, but the word is declined as a neuter o-stem noun in many Indo-European languages, and may have been declined in Proto-Indo-European as well. It is unclear what the situation was in Proto-Italic. If it declined, it would have been as follows:
| o-stemDeclension of *kentom (o-stem) | ||
|---|---|---|
| case | singular | plural |
| nominative | *kentom | *kentā |
| vocative | *kentom | *kentā |
| accusative | *kentom | *kentā |
| genitive | *kentosjo, *kentī | *kentom |
| dative | *kentōi | *kentois |
| ablative | *kentōd | *kentois |
| locative | *kentei | *kentois |
Descendants
- Latin: centum (see there for further descendants)
References
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN