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Where does “פֿינפֿט” come from?

פֿינפֿט (Yiddish) comes from German fünfte, from Old High German fimfto, from Proto-Germanic fimftô — fifth.

פֿינפֿט (Yiddish): fifth

Definitions

  1. fifth

Ancestry of “פֿינפֿט”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanfünftefifth
2Old High Germanfimfto—
3Proto-Germanicfimftôfifth

Words derived from “פֿינפֿט”

  • פֿינפֿטל
  • פֿינפֿטנס
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