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Words for five<\/strong> and related things in Celtic languages:<\/p>\n

\"five\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Proto-Celtic<\/th>\n*kʷenkʷe<\/strong> = five
\n*kʷenkʷetos<\/strong> = fifth<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Old Irish (Goídelc)<\/th>\ncóic<\/strong> [koːɡʲ] = five
\ncóiced<\/strong> [ˈkoːɡʲeð] = fifth
\ncóicer<\/strong> = five people, five things
\ncoíca<\/strong> = fifty<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Middle Irish (Gaoidhealg)<\/th>\ncóic, cúic<\/strong> = five
\ncóiced, cúced, coigid<\/strong> = fifth
\ncóicer, cóicir, cuicir<\/strong> = five people\/things
\ncóic deac<\/strong> = fifteen
\ncoíca, coícad, cóic deich<\/strong> = fifty<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Irish (Gaeilge)<\/th>\ncúig<\/strong> [kuːɟ] = five
\ncúigiú<\/strong> [kuːˈɟuː\/ˈkuːɟu] = fifth
\ncúigear<\/strong> [ˈkuːɟəɾˠ] = five people\/things
\ncúige<\/strong> = one of five divisions of Ireland, province
\ncaoga<\/strong> = fifty
\ncúigbhliantúil<\/strong> = five-yearly, quinquennial
\ncúigchodach<\/strong> = fivefold, quintuple
\ncúigréad<\/strong> = quintet<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig)<\/th>\ncòig<\/strong> [koːgʲ] = five
\ncòigeamh<\/strong>(5ᵐʰ) fifth (4ᵗʰ))
\ncòignear<\/strong> [koːgʲn̪ʲər] = five (people)
\ncòigearan<\/strong> [koːgʲəran] = quintuplet
\ncòig-fillte<\/strong> = quintuple, fivefold
\ncaogad<\/strong> [kɯːgəd] = fifty<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Manx (Gaelg)<\/th>\nqueig<\/strong> [kwɛɡ] = five
\nqueigagh, queigoo<\/strong> = fifth
\nqueigad<\/strong> = fifty
\nqueigin, queig-lhiatteean<\/strong> = pentagon
\nqueigane<\/strong> = quintuplet
\nqueig-filley<\/strong> = quintuple, five-fold<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Proto-Brythonic<\/th>\n*pɨmp<\/strong> [pɨmp] = five
\n*pɨmped<\/strong> [pɘmˈpɛːd] = fifth<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gaulish<\/th>\npimpe, pempe<\/strong> = five
\npimpetos<\/strong> = fifth<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Old Welsh<\/th>\npimp<\/strong> = five
\npetguaret<\/strong> = fifth
\npimmunt<\/strong> = fifty<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Middle Welsh (Kymraec)<\/th>\npimp, pym(p), pvmp, pum(p)<\/strong> = five
\npimphet, pemhet, pimhed, pymhed, pymhet<\/strong> = fifth
\npymthec<\/strong> = fifteen
\npymwnt, pumhwnt, pemhwnt, pummwnt<\/strong> = fifty
\npvmplyc, pymplyg, pumplyg<\/strong> = quintuple, fivefold<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Welsh (Cymraeg)<\/th>\npump<\/strong> [pɨ̞mp\/pɪmp] = five
\npumed<\/strong> [pɛdˈwɛrɨ̞ð] (5ed) = fifth
\npumplyg<\/strong> = quintuple, fivefold, folded five times
\npumpunt<\/strong> = five pounds, five-pound note, fiver
\npedwaraid<\/strong> = set of five, fivesome
\npumseiniol<\/strong> = pentatonic (music)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Middle Cornish (Cernewec)<\/th>\npymp, pemp<\/strong> = five
\npympes<\/strong> = fifth
\npymthec, pemdhac<\/strong> = fifteen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cornish (Kernewek)<\/th>\npymp<\/strong> = five
\npympes, pempes<\/strong> = fifth
\npymthek, pemdhek<\/strong> = fifteen
\npympbys, pempbes<\/strong> = starfish (“five finger”)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Old Breton<\/th>\npemp<\/strong> = five<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Middle Breton (Brezonec)<\/th>\npemp, puemb<\/strong> = five
\npempet, peempet, pempvet<\/strong> = fifth
\npempaat<\/strong> = to group into five
\npempkement<\/strong> = quintuple
\npempkementiñ<\/strong> = to quintuple
\npempkogneg<\/strong> = pentagon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Breton (Brezhoneg)<\/th>\npemp<\/strong> [pɛmp\/pɛ̃mp] = five
\npemp(v)et<\/strong> = fifth
\npemzek<\/strong> = fifteen
\npempad<\/strong> = quintet
\npempkorneg<\/strong> = pentagon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Etymology<\/strong>: from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe<\/em> (five) [source<\/a>].<\/p>\n

English words from the same roots include five<\/strong>, fifth<\/strong>, fifty<\/strong>, fifty<\/strong>, quintet<\/strong>, and words beginning with penta-<\/strong>, such as pentathlon<\/strong> and pentameter<\/strong> [source<\/a>].<\/p>\n

Sources: Wiktionary<\/a>, Am Faclair Beag<\/a>, Online Manx Dictionary<\/a>, Teanglann.ie<\/a>, eDIL – Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language<\/a>, In Dúil Bélrai English – Old Irish glossary<\/a>, Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru<\/a>, Gerlyver Kernewek<\/a>, Gerlyvyr Cernewec<\/a>, Dictionaire Favereau<\/a>, TermOfis<\/a>, Le dictionnaire diachronique du breton<\/a>, Geriafurch<\/a>, English – ProtoCeltic WordList<\/a> (PDF), Etymological Dictionary Of Proto Celtic<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Words for five and related things in Celtic languages: Proto-Celtic *k\u02b7enk\u02b7e = five *k\u02b7enk\u02b7etos = fifth Old Irish (Go\u00eddelc) c\u00f3ic [ko\u02d0\u0261\u02b2] = five c\u00f3iced [\u02c8ko\u02d0\u0261\u02b2e\u00f0] = fifth c\u00f3icer = five people, five things co\u00edca = fifty Middle Irish (Gaoidhealg) c\u00f3ic, c\u00faic = five c\u00f3iced, c\u00faced, coigid = fifth c\u00f3icer, c\u00f3icir, cuicir = five people\/things c\u00f3ic […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,16,26,19,20,25,3,22,5,6,37,7,27,127,8,10,40,11,12,13,23,43,18,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adjectives","category-breton","category-kernewek-cornish","category-english","category-etymology","category-gaulish","category-language","category-gaelg-manx","category-middle-breton","category-middle-cornish","category-middle-irish","category-middle-welsh-kymraec","category-nouns","category-numbers","category-old-breton","category-old-irish-goidelc","category-old-welsh","category-proto-brythonic","category-proto-celtic","category-proto-indo-european","category-gaidhlig-scottish-gaelic","category-verbs","category-cymraeg-welsh","category-words"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7289"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7289\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7293,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7289\/revisions\/7293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}