Reconstruction talk:Proto-Indo-European/ḱm̥tóm

The correct etymology of 100

100 = ḱm̥tóm < kntom < dkntom dkntom "100" would then be elliptical for "dknt dkntom" = "a decad of decads" (or "tenth ten")

from, 10 = dekm (acc. sg.), deknt (active participle) < de-ka = "two hands" Böri (talk) 07:30, 29 December 2014 (UTC)

Do you have a published source for this hypothesis? —Aɴɢʀ (talk) 08:14, 29 December 2014 (UTC)

It was the theory of Allison Emery Drake (from 1907). Böri (talk) 08:19, 29 December 2014 (UTC)

Indo-European linguistics has come a long way in the last 107 years. If it's an outdated theory, we probably shouldn't bother with it. —Aɴɢʀ (talk) 08:49, 29 December 2014 (UTC)

Not an outdated theory... If you look at Appendix:Proto-Indo-European/déḱm̥t, it also says: *de-ḱm̥t would mean originally “two hands.” / Allison Emery Drake wrote it in 1907. but today, nearly everyone forgot what he wrote... But it seems that he was right. Böri (talk) 08:57, 29 December 2014 (UTC)