Where does “פֿינפֿטנס” come from?

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

פֿינפֿטנס (Yiddish): fifthly

Definitions

  1. fifthly

Ancestry of “פֿינפֿטנס”, 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 →