Proto-Indo-European

*pénkʷe

‘five’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe.

33 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe, most familiar first.

• five ← fyf ← fīf ← *fimf ← *fimf
• fifth ← fifthe ← fīfta ← *fimftô ← *penkʷtós
• finger ← fynger ← *fingr ← *fingraz ← *penkʷrós
• punch ← पाँच ← پانچ ← पंच ← 𑀧𑀁𑀘
• fin ← פֿינף ← vünf ← fimf ← *fimf
• pentagon ← pentagone ← pentagōnum ← πεντάγωνον ← πεντάγωνος
• pimp ← *pɨmp ← *kʷenkʷe
• quintet ← quintette ← quintetto ← quinto ← quintus
• quint ← quīntus ← quīnctus ← *kʷenktos ← *penkʷtós
• cinque ← cynk ← cinq ← quīnque ← *kʷenkʷe
• quintus ← quīnctus ← *kʷenktos ← *penkʷtós
• quine ← quīnī ← quīnus

More words from *pénkʷe

• fivefold
• quintuple
• ponzu
• pentad
• quintic
• quintain
• sengi
• bumfit
• cinquillo
• finif
• finnuf
• pentalpha
• pentapody
• pentuple
• quinalbarbitone
• quintine
• quintole
• quintate
• quintipoint
• quintant
• requinto

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe