Where does “vāif” come from?

vāif (Jersey Dutch) comes from Dutch vijf, from Middle Dutch vijf, from Old Dutch fīf, from Proto-Germanic fimf, from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe — five.

vāif (Jersey Dutch): five

Definitions

  1. five

Ancestry of “vāif”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchvijffive
2Middle Dutchvijffive
3Old Dutchfīffive
4Proto-Germanicfimffive
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic fimf →Every word from Old Dutch fīf →