Where does “kinse” come from?

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

kinse (Ilocano): fifteen

Definitions

  1. fifteen

Ancestry of “kinse”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishquincefifteen
2Old Spanishquinzefifteen
3Latinquindecimfifteen; 15
4Latindecemten; 10
5Latin-nus-an
6Proto-Italic-nosCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
7Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nósEvery word from Latin -nusEvery word from Latin decem
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