Where does “vijfhoek” come from?

vijfhoek (Dutch) comes from Dutch hoek, from Middle Dutch hoec, from Middle Dutch huoc, from Proto-West Germanic hōk, from Proto-Germanic hōkaz, from Proto-Indo-European kog-.

vijfhoek (Dutch): pentagon

Definitions

  1. pentagon

Ancestry of “vijfhoek”, step by step

vijfhoek traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch hoek

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchhoekcorner; angle
2Middle Dutchhoec—
3Middle Dutchhuoc—
4Proto-West Germanichōk—
5Proto-Germanichōkazhook
6Proto-Indo-Europeankog-—

via Dutch vijf

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchvijffive
2Middle Dutchvijffive
3Old Dutchfīffive
4Proto-Germanicfimffive
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive
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