Where does “Pompeji” come from?

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

Pompeji (Finnish): Pompeii

Definitions

  1. Pompeii

Ancestry of “Pompeji”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SwedishPompejiPompeii
2LatinPompēiīPompeii a
3Oscan*pompefive
4Proto-Italickʷenkʷefive
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe →Every word from Proto-Italic kʷenkʷe →Every word from Oscan *pompe →