Where does “пять” come from?

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

пять (Russian): five; second-person singular imperative...

Definitions

  1. five; second-person singular imperative...

Ancestry of “пять”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Church Slavonicпѧтьfive
2Proto-Slavicpętьfive
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive

Words derived from “пять”

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