Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/pénkʷe

Etymology
Usually explained as a derivation from the words for "fist" and "finger":



Ultimately all of these forms may go back to a verbal stem, though such a verb is not attested in any of the daughter languages. In contrast, Blažek (1999: 229) argues that the meanings "fist”, etc. are primary. A relation to has also been suggested, possibly seen in 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬, thus *pénkʷe meaning "the whole (hand)".

Numeral

 * 1) five
 * 2) hand (older)

Declension
Uninflected.

Descendants

 * Anatolian:
 * Armenian:
 * Armenian:
 * Armenian: