Where does “Pompeiji” come from?

Pompeiji (Finnish) comes from Latin Pompēiī, from Oscan *pompe, from Proto-Italic kʷenkʷe, from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe — five.

Pompeiji (Finnish): Pompeii

Definitions

  1. Pompeii

Ancestry of “Pompeiji”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinPompēiīPompeii a
2Oscan*pompefive
3Proto-Italickʷenkʷefive
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe
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