Where does “پنچ” come from?

پنچ (Brahui) comes from Baluchi پنچ, from Proto-Iranian pánča, from Proto-Indo-Iranian pánča, from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe — five.

پنچ (Brahui): five, 5

Definitions

  1. five, 5

Ancestry of “پنچ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Baluchiپنچfive
2Proto-Iranianpánčafive
3Proto-Indo-Iranianpánčafive
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian pánča →Every word from Proto-Iranian pánča →