Where does “cant” come from?

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

cant (Middle Welsh): hundred

Definitions

  1. hundred

Ancestry of “cant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Brythonickanthundred
2Proto-Celtickantomhundred
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱm̥tómhundred
4Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥ten

Words derived from “cant”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥ →