Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kʷenkʷe

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This Proto-Celtic 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-Celtic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe.

Numeral

Proto-Celtic cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : *kʷenkʷe
    Ordinal : *kʷenkʷetos

*kʷenkʷe

  1. five

Descendants

  • Brythonic: *pɨmp
    • Old Breton: pemp
    • Cornish: pymp
    • Old Welsh: pimp
  • Old Irish: cóic
  • Gaulish: pempe