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The works of Rabelais(?) include <Quart Livre> and <Quint Livre>, implying that early modern French had <quint> /kE~/ vs <cinq> /sE~/. But perhaps <quart> and <quint> are learned forms rather than vernacular. -- Anton Sherwood, http://www.ogre.nu/