Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hundaradą
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This Proto-Germanic 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-Germanic
editEtymology
editFrom *hundą (“hundred”) + *radą (“count”), a neuter variant of *radō (“row, line, series”).[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
edit*hundaradą n
- (+genitive) a great hundred (120)
- (+genitive) a hundred (100)
Usage notes
editThe words *hundą and *hundaradą may have originally lacked a specific definition and been used as general words for any fairly large number. This usage continued in many daughter languages, but eventually its value was fixed at 100, as was its Latin cognate, centum.
Inflection
edit| neuter a-stemDeclension of *hundaradą (neuter a-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | *hundaradą | *hundaradō | |
| vocative | *hundaradą | *hundaradō | |
| accusative | *hundaradą | *hundaradō | |
| genitive | *hundaradas, *hundaradis | *hundaradǫ̂ | |
| dative | *hundaradai | *hundaradamaz | |
| instrumental | *hundaradō | *hundaradamiz | |
Descendants
edit- Old English: hundred
- Old Frisian: hundred, hunderd
- Old Saxon: hunderod
- Middle Low German: hundert (alternatively, from an Old High German form of hund influenced by Old Saxon)
- → Middle High German: hundert
- Central Franconian: hondert, honnert (Moselle Franconian; parts of southern Ripuarian), hongert (traditional Ripuarian form, now chiefly western dialects), honnert
- Cimbrian: hundart
- German: Hundert
- → Lower Sorbian: hundert
- Luxembourgish: Honnert
- Pennsylvania German: hunnert
- Vilamovian: hundyt
- Yiddish: הונדערט (hundert)
- Old Dutch: *hundert, *hunderd
- Old Norse: hundrað