Where does “fiev” come from?

fiev (German Low German) comes from Middle Low German fîf, from Old Saxon fīf, from Proto-West Germanic fimf, from Proto-Germanic fimf, from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe — five.

fiev (German Low German): five

Definitions

  1. five

Ancestry of “fiev”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanfîf—
2Old Saxonfīffive
3Proto-West Germanicfimffive
4Proto-Germanicfimffive
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic fimf →Every word from Proto-West Germanic fimf →