Where does “ugens” come from?
ugens (Cornish) comes from Middle Cornish ugens,ugans,vgons, from Proto-Brythonic ʉgėnt, from Proto-Celtic wikantī, from Proto-Indo-European h₁wih₁ḱm̥t, from Proto-Indo-European dwi(h₁)dḱm̥ti — two tens; two decades; twenty; two-ten.
ugens (Cornish): twenty
Definitions
- twenty
Ancestry of “ugens”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle Cornish | ugens,ugans,vgons | — |
| 2 | Proto-Brythonic | ʉgėnt | — |
| 3 | Proto-Celtic | wikantī | twenty |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁wih₁ḱm̥t | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | dwi(h₁)dḱm̥ti | two tens; two decades; twenty; two-ten |