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Where does “fiche” come from?

fiche (Irish) comes from Old Irish fiche, from Proto-Celtic wikantī, from Proto-Indo-European h₁wih₁ḱm̥t, from Proto-Indo-European dwi(h₁)dḱm̥ti — two tens; two decades; twenty; two-ten.

fiche (Irish): twenty; twenty, a group of twenty, a score

Definitions

  1. twenty; twenty, a group of twenty, a score

Ancestry of “fiche”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishfichetwenty
2Proto-Celticwikantītwenty
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁wih₁ḱm̥t—
4Proto-Indo-Europeandwi(h₁)dḱm̥titwo tens; two decades; twenty; two-ten

Words derived from “fiche”

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