Where does “šimtas” come from?
šimtas (Lithuanian) comes from Proto-Balto-Slavic śimta-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱm̥tóm, from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥ — ten.
šimtas (Lithuanian): hundred
Ancestry of “šimtas”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | śimta- | — |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱm̥tóm | hundred |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | déḱm̥ | ten |