Where does “*kʰehliyoi” come from?
*kʰehliyoi (Proto-Hellenic) comes from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰéslom, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥-, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.
Ancestry of “*kʰehliyoi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰéslom | thousand |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥- | one; with, together |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |