Where does “سل” come from?

سل (Pashto) comes from Proto-Iranian *catám, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ćatám, from Proto-Indo-European ḱm̥tóm, from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥ — ten.

سل (Pashto): hundred

Definitions

  1. hundred

Ancestry of “سل”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Iranian*catám—
2Proto-Indo-Iranianćatámhundred
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱm̥tómhundred
4Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥ten
Every word from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱm̥tóm →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian ćatám →
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