Where does “hundert” come from?

hundert (Old High German) comes from Proto-Germanic hundaradą, from Proto-Germanic hundą, from Proto-Indo-European ḱm̥tóm, from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥ — ten.

Ancestry of “hundert”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanichundaradąa great hundred; a hundred
2Proto-Germanichundąa great hundred; a hundred
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱm̥tómhundred
4Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥ten
Every word from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱm̥tóm →Every word from Proto-Germanic hundą →