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Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/wīgentī

This Proto-Italic 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-Italic

Etymology

From earlier *wīkentī, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wi-(h₁)-ḱm̥t-ih₁[1], from *dwi(h₁)dḱm̥ti.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈwiː.ɡen.tiː/

Numeral
cardinal number
20 Previous: *dekem
Next: *trīgentā

*wīgentī [1]

  1. twenty

Descendants
  • Latin: vīgintī (see there for further descendants)

References
  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, page 678
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