Where does “vint-i-set” come from?

vint-i-set (Catalan) comes from Catalan vint, from Latin vīgintī, from Latin quīnque, from Proto-Italic kʷenkʷe, from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe — five.

vint-i-set (Catalan): twenty-seven

Definitions

  1. twenty-seven

Ancestry of “vint-i-set”, step by step

vint-i-set traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Catalan vint

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

via Catalan set

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalansetseven; thirst
2Latinsitisthirst; second-person plural present active...
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰgʷʰítisdecay; destruction; perishing, destruction,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰgʷʰey-to decline; to perish

via Catalan i

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1CatalaniThe Latin letter I; and; used to connect two...
2Old Catalane

Words derived from “vint-i-set

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷeEvery word from Proto-Italic kʷenkʷeEvery word from Latin quīnque
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