Proto-West Germanic

*fimf

‘five’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-West Germanic *fimf.

5 English words in this record descend from Proto-West Germanic *fimf, most familiar first.

• five ← fyf ← fīf
• fin ← פֿינף ← vünf ← fimf
• fivefold ← fiffold ← fīffeald ← fīf
• finif ← פֿינף ← vünf ← fimf
• finnuf ← פֿינף ← vünf ← fimf

Etymograph / Proto-West Germanic *fimf