Where does “kvin” come from?

kvin (Esperanto) comes from Latin quīnque, from Proto-Italic kʷenkʷe, from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe — five.

kvin (Esperanto): five

Definitions

  1. five

Ancestry of “kvin”, step by step

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

Words derived from “kvin”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe →Every word from Proto-Italic kʷenkʷe →Every word from Latin quīnque →
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