Where does “پێنج” come from?

پێنج (Central Kurdish) comes from Proto-Iranian pánča, from Proto-Indo-Iranian pánča, from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe — five.

پێنج (Central Kurdish): five; 5

Definitions

  1. five; 5

Ancestry of “پێنج”, step by step

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