Where does “hundredpeny” come from?

hundredpeny (Middle English) comes 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, from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥ — ten.

hundredpeny (Middle English): A tax levied on a hundred administrative division

Definitions

  1. A tax levied on a hundred administrative division

Ancestry of “hundredpeny”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishhundredA hundred; 100
2Old Englishhundredhundred
3Proto-West Germanic*hundaradhundred
4Proto-Germanichundaradąa great hundred; a hundred
5Proto-Germanichundąa great hundred; a hundred
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱm̥tómhundred
7Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥ten
Every word from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱm̥tóm →Every word from Proto-Germanic hundą →