Where does “vijf” come from?

vijf (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch vijf, from Old Dutch fīf, from Proto-Germanic fimf, from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe — five.

vijf (Dutch): five

Definitions

  1. five

Ancestry of “vijf”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchvijffive
2Old Dutchfīffive
3Proto-Germanicfimffive
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive

Words derived from “vijf

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe