Where does “vint-i-u” come from?

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

vint-i-u (Catalan): twenty-one

Definitions

  1. twenty-one

Ancestry of “vint-i-u”, step by step

vint-i-u traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Catalan vint

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

via Catalan i

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1CatalaniThe Latin letter I; and; used to connect two...
2Old Catalane—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe →Every word from Proto-Italic kʷenkʷe →Every word from Latin quīnque →