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Where does “kʷinkʷe” come from?

kʷinkʷe (Proto-Celtic) comes from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe — five.

Ancestry of “kʷinkʷe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive

Words derived from “kʷinkʷe”

  • cúige
  • cúigbhliantúil
  • cúigear
  • coicís
  • coicísiúil
  • cúig
  • còigeamh
  • còig
  • pump
  • cóic
  • cóiced
  • cóicthiges
  • cóicer
  • queig
  • queiggey
  • pymp
  • pemp
  • pemzek
  • pɨmp
  • pymp
  • pimp
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe →