Where does “caoga” come from?

caoga (Irish) comes from Old Irish coíca, from Proto-Celtic *kʷenkʷekonts, from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷedḱomt.

caoga (Irish): fifty; fifty, a group of fifty

Definitions

  1. fifty; fifty, a group of fifty

Ancestry of “caoga”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishcoícafifty
2Proto-Celtic*kʷenkʷekontsfifty (50)
3Proto-Indo-European*pénkʷedḱomt—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷedḱomt →Every word from Proto-Celtic *kʷenkʷekonts →Every word from Old Irish coíca →