Where does “finif” come from?
finif (English) comes from Yiddish פֿינף, from Middle High German vünf, from Old High German fimf, from Proto-West Germanic fimf, from Proto-Germanic fimf, from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe — five.
finif (English): A five-dollar bill
Ancestry of “finif”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | פֿינף | five |
| 2 | Middle High German | vünf | — |
| 3 | Old High German | fimf | five |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | fimf | five |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | fimf | five |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pénkʷe | five |