Where does “pêncşemb” come from?

pêncşemb (Kurdish) comes from Persian پنج‌شنبه, from Persian پنج, from Proto-Iranian pánča, from Proto-Indo-Iranian pánča, from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe — five.

pêncşemb (Kurdish): Thursday

Definitions

  1. Thursday

Ancestry of “pêncşemb”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianپنج‌شنبهThursday
2Persianپنجfive
3Proto-Iranianpánčafive
4Proto-Indo-Iranianpánčafive
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian pánča →Every word from Proto-Iranian pánča →
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