Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/wīgentī

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 earlier *wīkentī, from Proto-Indo-European *(d)wi-dḱm̥t-ih₁.[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈwiː.ɡen.tiː/

Numeral

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

*wīgentī[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”

[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”