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
Ancestry of “Fünfklang”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | German | Fünf | 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 |