Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kʷenkʷe

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
    • Middle Breton: pemp
      • Breton: pemp
  • Cornish: pymp
  • Old Welsh: pimp
    • Middle Welsh: pymp
      • Welsh: pump
• Old Irish: cóic
  • Irish: cúig
  • Manx: queig
  • Scottish Gaelic: còig
• Gaulish: pempe