Where does “vint” come from?

vint (Walloon) comes from Old French vint, from Latin vīgintī, from Latin quīnque, from Proto-Italic kʷenkʷe, from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe — five.

vint (Walloon): twenty; wind

Definitions

  1. twenty; wind

Ancestry of “vint”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchvinttwenty
2Latinvīgintītwenty
3Latinquīnquefive; 5
4Proto-Italickʷenkʷefive
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe →Every word from Proto-Italic kʷenkʷe →Every word from Latin quīnque →