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Where does “cungal” come from?

cungal (Albanian) comes from Albanian cung, from Italian cionco, from Latin quīnque, from Proto-Italic kʷenkʷe, from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe — five.

cungal (Albanian): king post; stick used to prop up the slab in a...

Definitions

  1. king post; stick used to prop up the slab in a...

Ancestry of “cungal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Albaniancungmissing a limb; missing a tail, horn, or wing;...
2Italiancioncofirst-person singular present indicative of...
3Latinquīnque—
4Proto-Italickʷenkʷefive
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive
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