Where does “juwinaq jun” come from?

juwinaq jun (K'iche') comes from K'iche' juwinaq, from K'iche' jun, from Proto-Mayan *juun — one.

juwinaq jun (K'iche'): twenty-one

Definitions

  1. twenty-one

Ancestry of “juwinaq jun”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1K'iche'juwinaqtwenty
2K'iche'junone
3Proto-Mayan*juunone
Every word from Proto-Mayan *juun →Every word from K'iche' jun →Every word from K'iche' juwinaq →