Where does “quince” come from?

quince (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese quinze, from Latin quindecim, from Latin decem, from Latin -nus, from Proto-Italic -nos, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.

quince (Galician): fifteen

Definitions

fifteen

Ancestry of “quince”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Old Portuguese	quinze	—
2	Latin	quindecim	fifteen; 15
3	Latin	decem	ten; 10
4	Latin	-nus	-an
5	Proto-Italic	-nos	Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems
6	Proto-Indo-European	-nós	Creates verbal adjectives from roots

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nós →Every word from Latin -nus →Every word from Latin decem →