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

Etymology

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

Numeral

**Proto-Italic cardinal numbers**
< 10	20	30 >
Cardinal : *wīkentī

*wīkentī[1]

twenty

Derived terms

*wīkenssamos (“twentieth”)
- Latin: vīcēnsimus
*wīkentnī (“in twenties”)
- Latin: vīcēnī
*wīk- (back-formed stem)
- ⇒ Latin: vīc-iēns (“twenty-fold”)

Descendants

Latin: vīgintī (see there for further descendants)

References

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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[EDL-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”