Where does “fuenf” come from?

fuenf (Translingual) comes from German Fünf, from Middle High German vünf, from Old High German fimf, from Proto-West Germanic fimf, from Proto-Germanic fimf, from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe — five.

fuenf (Translingual): Spoken by a player during a match with one or more visually impaired players to indicate the fifth rank in algebraic notation

Definitions

  1. Spoken by a player during a match with one or more visually impaired players to indicate the fifth rank in algebraic notation

Ancestry of “fuenf”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanFünffive
2Middle High Germanvünf—
3Old High Germanfimffive
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 →