Where does “پەيشەنبە” come from?

پەيشەنبە (Uyghur) comes from Persian پنج‌شنبه, from Persian پنج, from Proto-Iranian pánča, from Proto-Indo-Iranian pánča, from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe — five.

پەيشەنبە (Uyghur): Thursday

Definitions

  1. Thursday

Ancestry of “پەيشەنبە”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianپنج‌شنبهThursday
2Persianپنجfive
3Proto-Iranianpánčafive
4Proto-Indo-Iranianpánčafive
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian pánča →Every word from Proto-Iranian pánča →