Where does “پنج” come from?

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

پنج (Persian): five

Definitions

  1. five

Ancestry of “پنج”, step by step

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

Words derived from “پنج

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷeEvery word from Proto-Indo-Iranian pánčaEvery word from Proto-Iranian pánča