Reconstruction:Proto-Hellenic/pénkʷe

This Proto-Hellenic 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-Hellenic

Proto-Hellenic numbers (edit)
50
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    Cardinal: *pénkʷe
    Ordinal: *pénkʷtos

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe.[1]

Numeral

*pénkʷe

  1. five

Descendants

  • Ancient Greek: πέντε (pénte), (Aeolic) πέμπε (pémpe)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “πέντε”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1172
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