sarpanch

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*pénkʷe“five”
2. Sanskrit · derived fromपञ्च“five”
3. Urdu · derived fromپنچ
4. Hindi · derived fromपंच“five (number of people in a panchayat council)”
5. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*ḱerh₂-“head; top”
6. Persian · derived fromسر“head; chief, leader”
7. Urdu · derived fromسر“head; chief”
8. Hindi · derived fromसर“head”
9. Hindi · borrowed fromसरपंच
10. English todaysarpanch

Borrowed from Hindi सरपंच (sarpañc), from Hindi सर (sar, “head”) / Urdu سر (sar, “head; chief”) (from Persian سر (sar, “head; chief, leader”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (“head; top”)) + Hindi पंच (pañc, “five (number of people in a panchayat council)”) / Urdu پنچ (pañc); from Sanskrit पञ्च (pañca, “five”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe (“five”).

Words from the same roots