Where does “Fünfklang” come from?

Fünfklang (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.

Fünfklang (German): pentachord

Definitions

  1. pentachord

Ancestry of “Fünfklang”, step by step

Fünfklang 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 klang

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanklangfirst/third-person singular preterite of klingen
2Middle High Germanklanc—
3Old High Germanklang—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic fimf →Every word from Proto-West Germanic fimf →