Where does “Fünfsitzer” come from?

Fünfsitzer (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.

Fünfsitzer (German): a car with five seats; fiveseater, five-seater,...

Definitions

  1. a car with five seats; fiveseater, five-seater,...

Ancestry of “Fünfsitzer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanFünffive
2Middle High Germanvünf—
3Old High Germanfimffive
4Proto-West Germanicfimffive
5Proto-Germanicfimffive
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic fimf →Every word from Proto-West Germanic fimf →