Where does “панч” come from?

панч (Yagnobi) comes from Proto-Iranian pánča, from Proto-Indo-Iranian pánča, from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe — five.

панч (Yagnobi): five

Definitions

  1. five

Ancestry of “панч”, step by step

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