Where does “veinte” come from?

veinte (Spanish) comes from Old Spanish veynte, from Latin vīgintī, from Latin quīnque, from Proto-Italic kʷenkʷe, from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe — five.

veinte (Spanish): twenty

Definitions

  1. twenty

Ancestry of “veinte”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Spanishveyntetwenty
2Latinvīgintītwenty
3Latinquīnquefive; 5
4Proto-Italickʷenkʷefive
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive

Words derived from “veinte

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe