Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/wikantī

This Proto-Celtic 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-Celtic

Etymology

From a dissimilated variant of Proto-Indo-European *dwi(h₁)dḱm̥ti.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈwi.kan.tiː/

Numeral

**Proto-Celtic cardinal numbers**
< 10	20	30 >
Cardinal : *wikantī

*wikantī[1][2]

twenty

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *ʉgėnt
- Old Breton: ucent
  - Middle Breton: uguent
    - Breton: ugent
- Cornish: ugens
- Old Welsh: uceint
  - Welsh: ugain
Old Irish: fiche
- Irish: fiche
- Manx: feed
- Scottish Gaelic: fichead

References

Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*wikantī”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 421
Koch, John (2004), “*wikantī”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 370

[1] Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*wikantī”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 421

[2] Koch, John (2004), “*wikantī”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 370