Where does “ventiún” come from?

ventiún (Asturian) comes from Asturian venti, from Latin vīgintī, from Latin quīnque, from Proto-Italic kʷenkʷe, from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe — five.

ventiún (Asturian): twenty-one

Definitions

  1. twenty-one

Ancestry of “ventiún”, step by step

ventiún traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Asturian venti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Asturianventitwenty; 20
2Latinvīgintītwenty
3Latinquīnquefive; 5
4Proto-Italickʷenkʷefive
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive

via Asturian ún

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Asturianúnone
2Latinūnusone, single
3Old Latinoinosone
4Proto-Italicoinoscardinal number 1 Previous: n/a Next: *duō;...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanóynosone; single
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe →Every word from Proto-Italic kʷenkʷe →Every word from Latin quīnque →