Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/kʷenkʷe

This Proto-Italic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Italic

Proto-Italic cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : *kʷenkʷe     Ordinal : *kʷenktos

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe. The assimilation *p...kʷ > *kʷ...kʷ is regular in Italic.

Numeral

*kʷenkʷe

1. five

Descendants

• Latin: quīnque
  • Vulgar Latin: cīnque (see there for further descendants)
• Faliscan: *𐌂𐌖𐌉𐌍𐌂𐌖𐌄 (*cuincue)
  • ⇒ Faliscan: 𐌂𐌖𐌉𐌂𐌕𐌏 (cuicto)
• Oscan: 𐌐𐌖𐌌𐌐𐌄 (pumpe)
  • →⇒ Latin: Pompeiī
  • →⇒ Latin: Pompeius
• Umbrian: 𐌐𐌖𐌌𐌐𐌄 (pumpe)