Where does “Hundert” come from?

Hundert (German) comes from Middle High German hundert, from Old Saxon hunderod, from Proto-West Germanic *hundarad, from Proto-Germanic hundaradą, from Proto-Germanic hundą, from Proto-Indo-European ḱm̥tóm, from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥ — ten.

Hundert (German): the number 100; A unity of hundred things

Definitions

  1. the number 100; A unity of hundred things

Ancestry of “Hundert”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanhundert
2Old Saxonhunderodhundred
3Proto-West Germanic*hundaradhundred
4Proto-Germanichundaradąa great hundred; a hundred
5Proto-Germanichundąa great hundred; a hundred
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱm̥tómhundred
7Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥ten

Words derived from “Hundert

Every word from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱm̥tómEvery word from Proto-Germanic hundą