Where does “پنځوس” come from?

پنځوس (Pashto) comes from Proto-Iranian *pančaHcát, from Proto-Indo-Iranian pančaHćát, from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷedḱomt.

پنځوس (Pashto): fifty

Definitions

  1. fifty

Ancestry of “پنځوس”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Iranian*pančaHcátfifty
2Proto-Indo-IranianpančaHćátfifty
3Proto-Indo-European*pénkʷedḱomt—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷedḱomt →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian pančaHćát →Every word from Proto-Iranian *pančaHcát →
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