Where does “Fünfeck” come from?

Fünfeck (German) comes from German Fünf, 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.

Fünfeck (German): pentagon

Definitions

  1. pentagon

Ancestry of “Fünfeck”, step by step

Fünfeck traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Fünf

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanFünffive
2Middle High Germanvünf—
3Old High Germanfimffive
4Proto-West Germanicfimffive
5Proto-Germanicfimffive
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive

via German ecke

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germaneckecorner, edge
2Middle High Germanecke—
3Old High Germanecka—
4Proto-West Germanicaggjuedge, corner
5Proto-Germanicagjōedge, corner
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eḱ-sharp

Words derived from “Fünfeck”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic fimf →Every word from Proto-West Germanic fimf →