Where does “*হন্দর্দ” come from?
*হন্দর্দ (Middle Bengali) comes from English hundredweight, from English hundred, from Middle English hundred, from Old English hundred, from Proto-West Germanic *hundarad, from Proto-Germanic hundaradą, from Proto-Germanic hundą, from Proto-Indo-European ḱm̥tóm — ten.
Ancestry of “*হন্দর্দ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | hundredweight | A measure of weight containing 100 avoirdupois... |
| 2 | English | hundred | A numerical value equal to 100 (102), occurring after ninety-nine |
| 3 | Middle English | hundred | A hundred; 100 |
| 4 | Old English | hundred | hundred |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *hundarad | hundred |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | hundaradą | a great hundred; a hundred |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | hundą | a great hundred; a hundred |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱm̥tóm | hundred |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | déḱm̥ | ten |