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Where does “pymp” come from?

pymp (Cornish) comes from Proto-Brythonic pɨmp, from Proto-Celtic kʷenkʷe, from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe — five.

pymp (Cornish): five

Definitions

  1. five

Ancestry of “pymp”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Brythonicpɨmpfive
2Proto-Celtickʷenkʷefive
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe →