Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/dwideśimt

This Proto-Balto-Slavic 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-Balto-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(d)wídḱm̥ti, with analogical restoration of *déśimt (“ten”) as the second component. Whether the first *d- is old or an analogically restored prefix *dwi- (“in two, twice”) (otherwise lost from Balto-Slavic) is unclear.

Numeral

*dwideśimt

Proto-Balto-Slavic cardinal numbers
 <  10 20 30  > 
    Cardinal : *dwideśimt
  1. twenty

Descendants

  • Proto-Baltic: *dwidešimt
  • ⇒? Proto-Slavic: *dvadesętь (analogically with *dъva, or replaced entirely with *dъva desęte)
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