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.
Ancestry of “пя́тница”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Russian | пять | five; second-person singular imperative... |
| 2 | Old Church Slavonic | пѧть | five |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | pętь | five |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | pénkʷe | five |
Words derived from “пя́тница”