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

\"twenty\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Proto-Celtic<\/th>\n*wikant\u012b<\/strong> = twenty<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gaulish<\/th>\nuoconti<\/strong> = twenty<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Old Irish (Go\u00eddelc)<\/th>\nfiche<\/strong> [\u02c8f\u02b2ix\u02b2e] = twenty
\nfichetmad<\/strong> = twentieth
\nfichtige<\/strong> = twenty day\/year period<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Middle Irish (Gaoidhealg)<\/th>\nfiche, fichet, fichit, fichtea<\/strong> = twenty, a score
\nfichetmad, fichatmath, fichetmudh<\/strong> = twentieth
\nfichetech<\/strong> = pertaining to twenty
\nfichtige<\/strong> = a period of twenty (days, years, etc)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Irish (Gaeilge)<\/th>\nfiche<\/strong> [\u02c8f\u02b2\u026ah\u0259\/\u02c8f\u02b2\u026a\u00e7\u0259\/f\u02b2i\u02d0] = twenty
\n(an) fichi\u00fa<\/strong> = twentieth<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Scottish Gaelic (G\u00e0idhlig)<\/th>\nfichead<\/strong> [fi\u00e7\u0259d] = twenty, a score
\nficheadamh<\/strong> [fi\u00e7\u0259d\u0259v] (20\u1d50\u02b0) = twentieth (20\u1d57\u02b0)
\nfichead-shliosnach<\/strong> = icosahedron (a polyhedron with 20 faces)
\nfichead-fillte<\/strong> = twentyfold<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Manx (Gaelg)<\/th>\nfeed<\/strong> [fi\u02d0d\u0292] = twenty, a score
\nfeedoo, (yn) eedoo<\/strong> = (the) twentieth
\nfeed cheead<\/strong> = two thousand (twenty hundred)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Proto-Brythonic<\/th>\n*\u0289g\u0117nt<\/strong> = twenty<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cumbric<\/th>\ngiggy, jiggit<\/strong> = twenty<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Old Welsh<\/th>\nuceint<\/strong> = twenty<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Middle Welsh (Kymraec)<\/th>\nugein, ugeint, vgein<\/strong> = twenty
\nvgeinvet, ugeinuet<\/strong> = twentieth
\nugeinwyr, vgainwyr, vgain-wr, vgain-\u0175r<\/strong> = twenty men<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Welsh (Cymraeg)<\/th>\nugain<\/strong> [\u02c8\u026a\u0261ai\u032fn\/\u02c8i\u02d0\u0261ai\u032fn] = twenty, score, twenty-pound note
\nugeinfed<\/strong> [\u026a\u02c8\u0261ei\u032fnv\u025bd] (20fed) = twentieth
\nugeiniol<\/strong> = pertaining to twenty, denoting twenty
\nugeinw(y)r<\/strong> = twenty men<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Middle Cornish (Cernewec)<\/th>\nugans, hugens<\/strong> = twenty, a score<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cornish (Kernewek)<\/th>\nugens, ugans<\/strong> = twenty
\nugensves<\/strong> = twentieth<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Old Breton<\/th>\nucent<\/strong> = twenty<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Middle Breton (Brezonec)<\/th>\nvgent, uiguent, ugent<\/strong> = twenty
\nugentved<\/strong> = twentieth
\nugentvedenn<\/strong> = twentieth part
\nugentad<\/strong> = around twenty
\nugentvedenni, ugentvedenna<\/strong> = to divide by twenty
\nugentveder<\/strong> = a commemoration of 20 years
\nugentvederel<\/strong> = vigesimal (20-base numeral system)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Breton (Brezhoneg)<\/th>\nugent<\/strong> [\u02c8y\u02d0\u0261\u1ebdn(t)] = twenty
\nugentvet<\/strong> = twentieth
\nugentvedenn<\/strong> = twentieth part
\nugentad<\/strong> = around twenty<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Etymology<\/strong>: from Proto-Indo-European *dwi(h\u2081)d\u1e31m\u0325ti<\/em> (twenty) from *w\u00edd\u1e31m\u0325ti<\/em> (twenty) [source<\/a>].<\/p>\n

Words from the same roots include \u0628\u06cc\u0633\u062a\u200e<\/strong> (bist – twenty) in Persian (Farsi), \u092c\u0940\u0938<\/strong> (b\u012bs – twenty) in Hindi and Nepali, \u09ac\u09bf\u09b6<\/strong> (bi\u015b – twenty) in Bengali and \u0ab5\u0ac0\u0ab8<\/strong> (v\u012bs – twenty) in Gujarati, and words for twenty in some other Indo-European languages languages [source<\/a>].<\/p>\n

Incidentally, the English words twenty<\/strong>, and words for twenty in other Germanic languages, are not cognate. Instead they come from the Proto-Germanic roots *twain-<\/em> (two) \u200eand *-tigaz<\/em> (group of ten) [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 D\u00fail B\u00e9lrai 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 twenty and related things in Celtic languages: Proto-Celtic *wikant\u012b = twenty Gaulish uoconti = twenty Old Irish (Go\u00eddelc) fiche [\u02c8f\u02b2ix\u02b2e] = twenty fichetmad = twentieth fichtige = twenty day\/year period Middle Irish (Gaoidhealg) fiche, fichet, fichit, fichtea = twenty, a score fichetmad, fichatmath, fichetmudh = twentieth fichetech = pertaining to twenty fichtige = […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,16,26,128,19,20,25,111,21,3,22,5,37,7,27,127,8,10,40,11,12,67,13,23,43,18,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adjectives","category-breton","category-kernewek-cornish","category-cumbric","category-english","category-etymology","category-gaulish","category-hindi-","category-gaeilge-irish","category-language","category-gaelg-manx","category-middle-breton","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-germanic","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\/7389","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=7389"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7389\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7392,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7389\/revisions\/7392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}