Where does “pesëkëndësh” come from?

pesëkëndësh (Albanian) comes from Albanian pesë, from Albanian pensë, from Proto-Albanian penče, from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe — five.

pesëkëndësh (Albanian): pentagon

Definitions

  1. pentagon

Ancestry of “pesëkëndësh”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Albanianpesëfive
2Albanianpensëfish scale
3Proto-Albanianpenčefive
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe