Where does “vingt” come from?

vingt (Latvian) comes from Proto-Balto-Slavic wing-, from Proto-Indo-European wen- — to wish for, desire, strive for, win, love; to...

vingt (Latvian): to bend

Definitions

  1. to bend

Ancestry of “vingt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Balto-Slavicwing-
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwen-to wish for, desire, strive for, win, love; to...

Words derived from “vingt

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wen-Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic wing-