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The story

1. Proto-Indo-European*déḱm̥
2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱm̥tóm
3. Proto-Germanic*hundą
4. Proto-Indo-European*h₂er-
5. Proto-Indo-European*h₂reh₁-
6. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
7. Proto-Indo-European*Hreh₁dʰ-
8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂r̥h₁dʰ-éh₂
9. Proto-Germanic*radō
10. Proto-Germanic*radą
11. Proto-Germanic*hundaradą
12. Proto-West Germanic*hundarad
13. Old Englishhundred
14. Middle Englishhundred
15. English todayhundred

From Middle English hundred, from Old English hundred, from Proto-Germanic *hundaradą, from *hundą (from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm) + *radą (“count”), a neuter variant of *radō (“row, line, series”). Compare West Frisian hûndert, Dutch honderd, Low German hunnert, hunnerd, German Hundert, hundert, Danish hundred.

Words from the same roots