Where does “cantref” come from?

cantref (English) comes from Middle Welsh cantref, from Middle Welsh cant, from Proto-Brythonic kant, from Proto-Celtic kantom, from Proto-Indo-European ḱm̥tóm, from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥ — ten.

cantref (English): A mediaeval land division in Wales

Definitions

  1. A mediaeval land division in Wales

Ancestry of “cantref”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Welshcantrefa cantref: a mediaeval land division in Wales,...
2Middle Welshcanthundred
3Proto-Brythonickanthundred
4Proto-Celtickantomhundred
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱm̥tómhundred
6Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥ten
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