Where does “پَنْج” come from?

پَنْج (Classical Persian) comes from Proto-Iranian ira-pro, from Proto-Indo-Iranian iir-pro, from Proto-Indo-European dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s — tongue.

Ancestry of “پَنْج”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Iranianira-pro—
2Proto-Indo-Iranianiir-pro—
3Proto-Indo-Europeandn̥ǵʰwéh₂stongue

Words derived from “پَنْج”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian iir-pro →Every word from Proto-Iranian ira-pro →