Where does “شپږ” come from?

شپږ (Pashto) comes from Proto-Iranian xšwáš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian šwáćš, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs — six.

شپږ (Pashto): six

Definitions

  1. six

Ancestry of “شپږ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Iranianxšwášsix
2Proto-Indo-Iranianšwáćšsix
3Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian šwáćš →Every word from Proto-Iranian xšwáš →