Ponties

== Paelignian == === Etymology === Perhaps related to Latin Pontius, Quinctius, and Oscan Πομπτιες (Pompties). Conway suggests that the name is ultimately derived from a word referring to the fifth ordinal number, which in Proto-Italic was *kʷenktos, itself from Proto-Indo-European *penkʷtós. === Proper noun === Ponties m (nominative singular) a Paelignian gens or "family name" === References === Rex Wallace (1984), The Sabellian Languages‎[1] (quotation in English; overall work in English), page 77 Jadranka Gvozdanovic, editor (3 June 2011), Indo-European Numerals‎[2], De Gruyter Mouton, →DOI, →ISBN, page 411* Rex Wallace (1984), The Sabellian Languages‎[3] (quotation in English; overall work in English), page 77 Robert Seymour Conway (1897), The Italic Dialects‎[4] (overall work in English), Cambridge University Press, page 647