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Where does “pnc” come from?

pnc (Middle Persian) comes from Proto-Iranian pánča, from Proto-Indo-Iranian pánča, from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe — five.

Ancestry of “pnc”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Iranianpánčafive
2Proto-Indo-Iranianpánčafive
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive

Words derived from “pnc”

  • Punjab
  • Panjabi
  • Punjabi
  • Panjabiness
  • Punjabiness
  • perşembe
  • փենջաբի
  • پنج
  • پنجابی
  • پنج‌شنبه
  • پنجاب
  • پنجاب
  • ਪੰਜਾਬ
  • ਪੰਜਾਬੀ
  • pêncşemb
  • pojşeme
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