Where does “cúigear” come from?

cúigear (Irish) comes from Old Irish cóicer, from Old Irish cóic, from Proto-Celtic kʷenkʷe, from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe — five.

cúigear (Irish): a group of five people

Definitions

  1. a group of five people

Ancestry of “cúigear”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishcóicerset of five people
2Old Irishcóicfive
3Proto-Celtickʷenkʷefive
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive

Words derived from “cúigear”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe →Every word from Proto-Celtic kʷenkʷe →Every word from Old Irish cóic →