Where does “fünf” come from?

fünf (German) comes 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.

fünf (German): five

Definitions

  1. five

Ancestry of “fünf”, step by step

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