Where does “perşembe” come from?
perşembe (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish پرشنبه, from Persian پنجشنبه, from Persian پنج, from Proto-Iranian pánča, from Proto-Indo-Iranian pánča, from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe — five.
perşembe (Turkish): Thursday
Ancestry of “perşembe”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | پرشنبه | — |
| 2 | Persian | پنجشنبه | Thursday |
| 3 | Persian | پنج | five |
| 4 | Proto-Iranian | pánča | five |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | pánča | five |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pénkʷe | five |