Where does “fyf” come from?

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

fyf (Middle English): five

Definitions

  1. five

Ancestry of “fyf”, step by step

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

Words derived from “fyf”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic fimf →Every word from Proto-West Germanic fimf →