Where does “pánča” come from?

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

pánča (Proto-Iranian): five

Definitions

  1. five

Ancestry of “pánča”, step by step

pánča traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-Iranian pánča

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

via Indo-European *pénkʷe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indo-European*pénkʷe—

Words derived from “pánča”

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