Where does “kvintetti” come from?

kvintetti (Finnish) comes from French quintette, from Italian quintetto, from Italian quinto, from Latin Quīntus, from Latin plicō, from Proto-Indo-European pleḱ-, from Proto-Indo-European pel- — to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold.

kvintetti (Finnish): quintet

Definitions

  1. quintet

Ancestry of “kvintetti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchquintettequintet; A composition for five voices or...
2Italianquintettoquintet
3Italianquintofifth
4LatinQuīntus—
5Latinplicōto fold, bend or flex; to roll up
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpleḱ-to fold, plait, weave
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpel-to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold

Words derived from “kvintetti”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleḱ- →Every word from Latin plicō →