Where does “Cinquepalmi” come from?

Cinquepalmi (Italian) comes from Italian cinque, from Latin quīnque, from Proto-Italic kʷenkʷe, from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe — five.

Ancestry of “Cinquepalmi”, step by step

Cinquepalmi traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian cinque

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancinquefive
2Latinquīnquefive; 5
3Proto-Italickʷenkʷefive
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive

via Italian [[palmo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italian[[palmo—

via Italian palmi]]

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianpalmi]]—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe →