Where does “uceint” come from?
uceint (Old Welsh) comes from Proto-Brythonic ʉgėnt, from Proto-Celtic wikantī, from Proto-Indo-European h₁wih₁ḱm̥t, from Proto-Indo-European dwi(h₁)dḱm̥ti — two tens; two decades; twenty; two-ten.
Ancestry of “uceint”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Brythonic | ʉgėnt | — |
| 2 | Proto-Celtic | wikantī | twenty |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁wih₁ḱm̥t | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | dwi(h₁)dḱm̥ti | two tens; two decades; twenty; two-ten |
Words derived from “uceint”
- ugain
- trigain
- deugain
- ugeiniau
- pedwar ar bymtheg a phedwar ugain
- pedwerydd ar bymtheg a phedwar ugain
- un ar ddeg ar hugain
- deg a phedwar ugain
- ail ar hugain
- chwech ar hugain
- chweched ar hugain
- dau ar hugain
- ddeufed ar hugain
- deg ar hugain
- degfed ar hugain
- naw ar hugain
- nawfed ar hugain
- pedwar ar hugain
- pedwerydd ar hugain
- pum ar hugain
- pumed ar hugain
- pump ar hugain
- saith ar hugain
- seithfed ar hugain