Where does “ćinća” come from?

ćinća (Istro-Romanian) comes from Istro-Romanian ćinć, from Latin quīnque, from Proto-Italic kʷenkʷe, from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe — five.

ćinća (Istro-Romanian): fifth

Definitions

  1. fifth

Ancestry of “ćinća”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Istro-Romanianćinćfive
2Latinquīnquefive; 5
3Proto-Italickʷenkʷefive
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe →Every word from Proto-Italic kʷenkʷe →Every word from Latin quīnque →