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
Ancestry of “پێنج”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Iranian | pánča | five |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | pánča | five |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | pénkʷe | five |