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Where does “Pompēiī” come from?

Pompēiī (Latin) comes from Oscan *pompe, from Proto-Italic kʷenkʷe, from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe — five.

Ancestry of “Pompēiī”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Oscan*pompe—
2Proto-Italickʷenkʷefive
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe →