Where does “пяток” come from?

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

пяток (Russian): five; genitive plural of пя́тка

Definitions

  1. five; genitive plural of пя́тка

Ancestry of “пяток”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianпятьfive; second-person singular imperative...
2Old Church Slavonicпѧтьfive
3Proto-Slavicpętьfive
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe →Every word from Proto-Slavic pętь →Every word from Old Church Slavonic пѧть →