Where does “fif” come from?

fif (North Frisian) comes from Old Frisian fīf, from Proto-Germanic fimf, from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe — five.

fif (North Frisian): five

Definitions

  1. five

Ancestry of “fif”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frisianfīffive
2Proto-Germanicfimffive
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic fimf →Every word from Old Frisian fīf →