Where does “vijf” come from?

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

vijf (Middle Dutch): five

Definitions

  1. five

Ancestry of “vijf”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchfīffive
2Proto-Germanicfimffive
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive

Words derived from “vijf

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe