Where does “feifi” come from?

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

feifi (Sranan Tongo): five

Definitions

  1. five

Ancestry of “feifi”, step by step

feifi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English five

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfiveA numerical value equal to 5; the number...
2Middle Englishfyffive
3Old Englishfīffive
4Proto-West Germanicfimffive
5Proto-Germanicfimffive
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive

via Dutch vijf

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchvijffive
2Middle Dutchvijffive
3Old Dutchfīffive

Words derived from “feifi”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe →