Where does “gíinsi” come from?

gíinsi (Navajo) comes from Spanish quince, from Old Spanish quinze, from Latin quindecim, from Latin decem, from Latin -nus, from Proto-Italic -nos, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.

gíinsi (Navajo): fifteen cents

Definitions

fifteen cents

Ancestry of “gíinsi”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Spanish	quince	fifteen
2	Old Spanish	quinze	fifteen
3	Latin	quindecim	fifteen; 15
4	Latin	decem	ten; 10
5	Latin	-nus	-an
6	Proto-Italic	-nos	Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems
7	Proto-Indo-European	-nós	Creates verbal adjectives from roots

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nós →Every word from Latin -nus →Every word from Latin decem →