Where does “Pompeje” come from?

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

Ancestry of “Pompeje”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinPompēiīPompeii a
2Oscan*pompefive
3Proto-Italickʷenkʷefive
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe