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Where does “fif” come from?

fif (Middle English) comes from Old English fīf, from Proto-West Germanic fimf, from Proto-Germanic fimf, from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe — five.

Ancestry of “fif”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishfīffive
2Proto-West Germanicfimffive
3Proto-Germanicfimffive
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive

Words derived from “fif”

  • five
  • fives
  • fivepence
  • Fiver
  • fivescore
  • fivesome
  • fivepenny
  • fiveness
  • fiveish
  • fiveth
  • fiveway
  • fiveleaf
  • fivestones
  • fivesies
  • fivegram
  • fivebrane
  • spoilfive
  • fiveplex
  • fiveling
  • fivepins
  • ファイブ
  • faiv
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