Where does “hanterkans” come from?

hanterkans (Cornish) comes from Cornish kans, from Proto-Brythonic kant, from Proto-Celtic kantom, from Proto-Indo-European ḱm̥tóm, from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥ — ten.

hanterkans (Cornish): fifty

Definitions

  1. fifty

Ancestry of “hanterkans”, step by step

hanterkans traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Cornish kans

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cornishkansone hundred
2Proto-Brythonickanthundred
3Proto-Celtickantomhundred
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱm̥tómhundred
5Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥ten

via Cornish hanter

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cornishhanterhalf
Every word from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱm̥tóm →Every word from Proto-Celtic kantom →