Words that come from Proto-West Germanic “fimf”

74 words across 20 languages descend from Proto-West Germanic fimf — including five, fives, fivepence, Fiver, fivescore, fivesome, fivepenny, fiveness.

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German (24)

English (21)

Dutch (4)

Yiddish (4)

Old English (3)

Middle English (3)

Old Dutch (2)

Middle Dutch (1)

Old Frisian (1)

Old High German (1)

Luxembourgish (1)

German Low German (1)

Japanese (1)

Vilamovian (1)

Old Saxon (1)

Tok Pisin (1)

Shelta (1)

Scots (1)

Middle High German (1)

Middle Low German (1)