Where does “five-legged” come from?

five-legged (English) comes from English five, from Middle English fyf, from Old English fīf, from Proto-West Germanic fimf, from Proto-Germanic fimf, from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe — five.

five-legged (English): Having five legs

Definitions

  1. Having five legs

Ancestry of “five-legged”, step by step

five-legged traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English five

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfiveA numerical value equal to 5; the number...
2Middle Englishfyffive
3Old Englishfīffive
4Proto-West Germanicfimffive
5Proto-Germanicfimffive
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive

via English legged

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishleggedHaving legs, or a certain type or number of legs;...
2Middle Englishlegged—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe →