Where does “vijfling” come from?

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

vijfling (Dutch): quintuplet; one of a group of five babies born...

Definitions

  1. quintuplet; one of a group of five babies born...

Ancestry of “vijfling”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchvijffive
2Middle Dutchvijffive
3Old Dutchfīffive
4Proto-Germanicfimffive
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe
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