Where does “*pánča” come from?

*pánča (Indo-Iranian) comes from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe — five.

Ancestry of “*pánča”, step by step

*pánča traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive

via Indo-European *pénkʷe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indo-European*pénkʷe

Words derived from “*pánča

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe