Where does “pět” come from?

pět (Czech) comes from Old Czech [[pieti]], [[pěti]], from Proto-Slavic pěti, from Proto-Indo-European poiH-.

pět (Czech): five; to sing

Definitions

  1. five; to sing

Ancestry of “pět”, step by step

pět traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Czech [[pieti]], [[pěti]]

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Czech[[pieti]], [[pěti]]—
2Proto-Slavicpětito sing
3Proto-Indo-EuropeanpoiH-—

via Proto-Slavic pętь

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicpętьfive
2Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive

Words derived from “pět”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European poiH- →Every word from Proto-Slavic pěti →Every word from Old Czech [[pieti]], [[pěti]] →