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

Fünfzylinder 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 Zylinder

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanZylindercylinder; top hat
2Latincylindruscylinder; a roller; a cylindrical stone for...
3Ancient Greekκύλινδροςround stone, tumbler, marble; roller, cylinder;...
4Ancient GreekκυλίνδωI roll, turn over
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic fimf →Every word from Proto-West Germanic fimf →