Etymology

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Cumbric *pǝmtheg
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  1. Cumbric · derived from*pımp“five”
  2. Cumbric · derived from*pǝmtheg
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From Cumbric *pǝmtheg (compare Welsh pymtheg), eventually from Cumbric *pımp (“five”) + *deg (“ten”).

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