Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/wīkentī

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 : *wīkentī

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(d)wi-dḱm̥t-ih₁.[1]

Numeral

*wīkentī[1]

  1. twenty

Derived terms

  • *wīkenssamos (“twentieth”)
    • Latin: vīcēnsimus
  • *wīkentnī (“in twenties”)
  • *wīk- (back-formed stem)

Descendants

  • Latin: vīgintī (with analogical voicing of *k to /ɡ/) (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “vīgintī”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 678: “PIt. *wīkentī”
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