Where does “cungë” come from?
cungë (Albanian) comes from Albanian cung, from Italian cionco, from Latin quīnque, from Proto-Italic kʷenkʷe, from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe — five.
cungë (Albanian): sheep or goat with a cut tail or horns
Definitions
- sheep or goat with a cut tail or horns
Ancestry of “cungë”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Albanian | cung | missing a limb; missing a tail, horn, or wing;... |
| 2 | Italian | cionco | first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 3 | Latin | quīnque | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | kʷenkʷe | five |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | pénkʷe | five |