Where does “five” come from?

five (Translingual) 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.

five (Translingual): of the ICAO/NATO radiotelephony alphabet

Definitions

  1. of the ICAO/NATO radiotelephony alphabet

Ancestry of “five”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfiveA numerical value equal to 5; the number...
2Middle Englishfyffive
3Old Englishfīffive
4Proto-West Germanicfimffive
5Proto-Germanicfimffive
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic fimf →Every word from Proto-West Germanic fimf →