Where does “पञ्चन्” come from?

पञ्चन् (Sanskrit) comes from Proto-Indo-Aryan pánća, from Proto-Indo-Iranian pánča, from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe — five.

पञ्चन् (Sanskrit): five

Definitions

  1. five

Ancestry of “पञ्चन्”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Aryanpánća—
2Proto-Indo-Iranianpánčafive
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive

Words derived from “पञ्चन्”

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