Where does “פֿינפֿטל” come from?

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

פֿינפֿטל (Yiddish): fifth

Definitions

  1. fifth

Ancestry of “פֿינפֿטל”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishפֿינפֿטfifth
2Germanfünftefifth
3Old High Germanfimfto—
4Proto-Germanicfimftôfifth
Every word from Proto-Germanic fimftô →Every word from Old High German fimfto →Every word from German fünfte →
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