Where does “pięciolecie” come from?

pięciolecie (Polish) comes from Polish pięć, from Old Polish piec, from Proto-Slavic *pȅťь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic pektis, from Proto-Indo-European pékʷ-tis, from Proto-Indo-European pekʷ-, from Proto-Indo-European h₃-ép-kʷ-.

pięciolecie (Polish): five-year-long period, quinquennium

Definitions

  1. five-year-long period, quinquennium

Ancestry of “pięciolecie”, step by step

pięciolecie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Polish pięć

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishpięćfive
2Old Polishpiecoven; furnace
3Proto-Slavic*pȅťь—
4Proto-Balto-Slavicpektisoven
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpékʷ-tis—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpekʷ-to cook; to ripen
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃-ép-kʷ-—

via Polish łat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishłatlat
2Latvianlatslats monetary unit of Latvia between 1922 and 1940, and again between 1993 and 2013; replaced by the Euro on Jan. 1st, 2014
3LatvianLatvijaLatvia
4Latvianlatvisa Latvian, a Lett; a member of the Latvian...
5Latvianlatuvis—
6LatvianLatuva—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃-ép-kʷ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pekʷ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pékʷ-tis →