Where does “ပဉ္စမ” come from?

ပဉ္စမ (Burmese) comes from Pali pañcama, from Sanskrit पञ्चम, from Sanskrit पञ्च, from Proto-Indo-Aryan pánća, from Proto-Indo-Iranian pánča, from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe — five.

ပဉ္စမ (Burmese): fifth

Definitions

  1. fifth

Ancestry of “ပဉ္စမ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Palipañcamafifth
2Sanskritपञ्चमfifth; the fifth time, fifthly; a fifth
3Sanskritपञ्चcombining form of पञ्चन्; five
4Proto-Indo-Aryanpánća—
5Proto-Indo-Iranianpánčafive
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian pánča →Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan pánća →