Where does “kvinpinta” come from?

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

kvinpinta (Esperanto): five-pointed

Definitions

  1. five-pointed

Ancestry of “kvinpinta”, step by step

kvinpinta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Esperanto kvin

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

via Esperanto pinto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantopintopeak, summit; point
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe →Every word from Proto-Italic kʷenkʷe →Every word from Latin quīnque →