Where does “pesëmbëdhjetë” come from?

pesëmbëdhjetë (Albanian) comes from Albanian pesë, from Albanian pensë, from Proto-Albanian penče, from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe — five.

pesëmbëdhjetë (Albanian): fifteen

Definitions

  1. fifteen

Ancestry of “pesëmbëdhjetë”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Albanianpesëfive
2Albanianpensëfish scale
3Proto-Albanianpenčefive
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe →Every word from Proto-Albanian penče →Every word from Albanian pensë →