Where does “pimp” come from?

pimp (Old Welsh) comes from Proto-Brythonic pɨmp, from Proto-Celtic kʷenkʷe, from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe — five.

Ancestry of “pimp”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Brythonicpɨmpfive
2Proto-Celtickʷenkʷefive
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive

Words derived from “pimp”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe →Every word from Proto-Celtic kʷenkʷe →Every word from Proto-Brythonic pɨmp →