Where does “пя́тница” come from?

пя́тница (Russian) comes from Russian пять, from Old Church Slavonic пѧть, from Proto-Slavic pętь, from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe — five.

пя́тница (Russian): Friday

Definitions

  1. Friday

Ancestry of “пя́тница”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianпятьfive; second-person singular imperative...
2Old Church Slavonicпѧтьfive
3Proto-Slavicpętьfive
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive

Words derived from “пя́тница”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe →Every word from Proto-Slavic pętь →Every word from Old Church Slavonic пѧть →
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