Latin 'twenty'

From: Rob
Message: 26229
Date: 2003-10-03

Hello everyone.

I hope I'm not bringing up something already established, but I was
wondering what your opinions on the etymology of Latin vi:ginti
("twenty") are. Personally, it seems to me that vi:ginti is the
result of PIE *dwi(s) kmtih2 'twice ten.'

- Rob

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