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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

  1. twenty

Ancestry of “ugens”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Cornishugens,ugans,vgons—
2Proto-Brythonicʉgėnt—
3Proto-Celticwikantītwenty
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁wih₁ḱm̥t—
5Proto-Indo-Europeandwi(h₁)dḱm̥titwo tens; two decades; twenty; two-ten
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