Where does “پنج‌شنبه” come from?

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

پنج‌شنبه (Persian): Thursday

Definitions

  1. Thursday

Ancestry of “پنج‌شنبه”, step by step

پنج‌شنبه traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian پنج

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianپنجfive
2Proto-Iranianpánčafive
3Proto-Indo-Iranianpánčafive
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive

via Persian شنبه

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PersianشنبهSaturday
2HebrewשַׁבָּתSabbath, Shabbat; weekly day of rest; sabbath
3Akkadianšapattum15

Words derived from “پنج‌شنبه”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian pánča →Every word from Proto-Iranian pánča →