Where does “daou-ugent” come from?

daou-ugent (Breton) comes from Breton ugent, from Proto-Celtic wikantī, from Proto-Indo-European h₁wih₁ḱm̥t, from Proto-Indo-European dwi(h₁)dḱm̥ti — two tens; two decades; twenty; two-ten.

daou-ugent (Breton): forty

Definitions

forty

Ancestry of “daou-ugent”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Breton	ugent	twenty
2	Proto-Celtic	wikantī	twenty
3	Proto-Indo-European	h₁wih₁ḱm̥t	—
4	Proto-Indo-European	dwi(h₁)dḱm̥ti	two tens; two decades; twenty; two-ten

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