Where does “ant-” come from?

ant- (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-Germanic hundą, from Proto-Indo-European ḱm̥tóm, from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥ — ten.

ant- (Old Saxon): Used at the beginning of numerals from 70 to 90;...

Definitions

  1. Used at the beginning of numerals from 70 to 90;...

Ancestry of “ant-”, step by step

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