Where does “পঞ্চাশ” come from?

পঞ্চাশ (Hajong) comes from Sanskrit पञ्चाशत्, from Proto-Indo-Iranian pančaHćát, from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷedḱomt.

পঞ্চাশ (Hajong): fifty

Definitions

  1. fifty

Ancestry of “পঞ্চাশ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritपञ्चाशत्fifty
2Proto-Indo-IranianpančaHćátfifty
3Proto-Indo-European*pénkʷedḱomt—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷedḱomt →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian pančaHćát →Every word from Sanskrit पञ्चाशत् →