Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/swéḱsdḱomt

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

*swéḱsḱomt^[1]

Etymology

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

Numeral

**Proto-Indo-European cardinal numbers**
< 50	60	70 >
Cardinal : swéḱsdḱomt Ordinal* : *sweḱsdḱm̥tós^[2]

*swéḱsdḱomt^[3]

sixty

Descendants

Armenian:
- Old Armenian: վաթսուն (vatʻsun)
  - Armenian: վաթսուն (vatʻsun)
Proto-Slavic: *šestьdesętъ
Proto-Celtic: *swexskonts
- Old Irish: sesca
  - Middle Irish: sesca
    - Irish: seasca
    - Scottish Gaelic: seasgad
Hellenic:
- Ancient Greek: ἑξήκοντα (hexḗkonta)
  - Byzantine Greek: ἑξήντα (hexḗnta)
    - Greek: εξήντα (exínta)
Proto-Indo-Iranian: *šwaštiš^[4] (< *sweḱstis)
- Proto-Indo-Aryan:
  - Sanskrit: षष्टि (ṣaṣṭí)
    - Pali: saṭṭhi
    - Sauraseni Prakrit: [script needed] (saṭṭhi)
      - Hindi: साठ (sāṭh)
      - Urdu: ساٹھ (sāṭh)
- Proto-Iranian:
  - Younger Avestan: 𐬑𐬱𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬱𐬙𐬌 (xšuuašti)
  - Northern Kurdish: şêst
  - 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
^ 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, 2nd edition, revised and corrected by Michiel de Vaan, Amsterdam, Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, page 238
^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “ṣaṣṭí”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University

[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, 2nd edition, revised and corrected by Michiel de Vaan, Amsterdam, Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, page 238

[4] Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “ṣaṣṭí”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University

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