Where does “ပဉ္စလက်” come from?

ပဉ္စလက် (Burmese) comes from Burmese ပဉ္စ, from Pali pañca, from Sanskrit पञ्च, from Proto-Indo-Aryan pánća, from Proto-Indo-Iranian pánča, from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe — five.

ပဉ္စလက် (Burmese): magic; sleight of hand

Definitions

  1. magic; sleight of hand

Ancestry of “ပဉ္စလက်”, step by step

ပဉ္စလက် traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ပဉ္စ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseပဉ္စfive
2Palipañcafive
3Sanskritपञ्चcombining form of पञ्चन्; five
4Proto-Indo-Aryanpánća—
5Proto-Indo-Iranianpánčafive
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive

via Burmese လက်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseလက်arm; hand
2Old Burmeseလက်—
3Proto-Sino-Tibetan*tV-lakhand
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian pánča →Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan pánća →