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Etymology · Egyptian

pꜣ-n-ḫnsw

2 English words descend from Egyptian pꜣ-n-ḫnsw, most common first.

PachonThe ninth month of the later ancient Egyptian civil calendar and Coptic calendar, corresponding to the first month of the season of Shemu. Since 25 BCE, when the calendar was reformed to include leap-days, Pachon has been in roughly May.
PashonsThe ninth month of the Coptic calendar, lying between 9 May and 7 June in the Gregorian calendar.