Where does “trigeinfed” come from?
trigeinfed (Welsh) comes from Welsh ugeinfed, from Welsh ugain, from Old Welsh uceint, from Proto-Brythonic ʉgėnt, from Proto-Celtic wikantī, from Proto-Indo-European h₁wih₁ḱm̥t, from Proto-Indo-European dwi(h₁)dḱm̥ti — two tens; two decades; twenty; two-ten.
trigeinfed (Welsh): sixtieth
Definitions
- sixtieth
Ancestry of “trigeinfed”, step by step
trigeinfed traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Welsh ugeinfed
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Welsh | ugeinfed | twentieth |
| 2 | Welsh | ugain | twenty; score |
| 3 | Old Welsh | uceint | — |
| 4 | Proto-Brythonic | ʉgėnt | — |
| 5 | Proto-Celtic | wikantī | twenty |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁wih₁ḱm̥t | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dwi(h₁)dḱm̥ti | two tens; two decades; twenty; two-ten |