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Where does “Fünfzylinder” come from?

Fünfzylinder (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.

Fünfzylinder (German): an engine with five cylinders; five-cylinder...

Definitions

  1. an engine with five cylinders; five-cylinder...

Ancestry of “Fünfzylinder”, step by step

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