ceud

I

first, Irish céad, Old Irish cét, Welsh cynt, formerly, cyntaf, first, Breton kent, kenta (do.), Gaulish Cintu-, *kentu-; allied to Welsh cann, with Greek $$Gkatá, down, against (=kn$$.ta); Latin contra. Further allied is possibly (and this is the usual derivation) Indo-European qen, begin, Latin re-cens), English recent; Greek $$Gkainós (= $$Gkaniós), new; Sanskrit kaná, young; Church Slavonic koni, beginning. Some again have compared Teutonic hind as in English hindmost.

II

a hundred, so Irish, Old Irish cét, Welsh cant, Cornish cans, Breton kant, *kn$$.to-n; Latin centum; Greek $$Ge$$`katón (=se-kn$$.ton); Gothic hund, English hund-red; Lithuanian szìmtas; Sanskrit çatám.