Where does “Помпеи” come from?

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

Помпеи (Russian): Pompeii (a Roman town in Italy, buried under volcanic ash and pumice in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD)

Definitions

  1. Pompeii (a Roman town in Italy, buried under volcanic ash and pumice in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD)

Ancestry of “Помпеи”, step by step

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