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Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/kʷenktos

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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

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Proto-Italic numbers (edit)
 ←  4 5 6  → 
    Cardinal: *kʷenkʷe
    Ordinal: *kʷenktos

Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *penkʷtós.

Adjective

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*kʷenktos[1]

  1. fifth

Declension

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Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Prósper, Blanca María (2014-2015) “The Indo-European ordinal numerals ‘fourth’ and ‘fifth’ and the reconstruction of the Celtic and Italic numeral systems”, in Die Sprache, volume 51, number 1, page 24