Where does “Pompeji” come from?

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

Ancestry of “Pompeji”, step by step

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