Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kʷenkʷe

This Proto-Celtic entry contains reconstructed words 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**
< 4	5	6 >
Cardinal : kʷenkʷe Ordinal* : *kʷenkʷetos

*kʷenkʷe

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

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