English
finif
Finif comes from Yiddish פֿינף ‘five’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pénkʷe‘five’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*fimf‘five’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CEsame form‘five’reconstructed
- Old High Germanc. 750–1050fimf‘five’
- Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350vünf
- Yiddishmodernפֿינףfinf‘five’
- Englishearliest quotation 2004finif
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pénkʷe‘five’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*fimf‘five’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CEsame form‘five’reconstructed
- Old High Germanc. 750–1050fimf‘five’
- Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350vünf
- Yiddishmodernפֿינףfinf‘five’
- Englishearliest quotation 2004finif
Earliest quotation: 2004, Leigh Montville, Ted Williams: The Biography of an American Hero: “Kid, I got a finif [a five-dollar bill],” Orlando…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe ‘five’
punch, fifth, finger, pentagon, pimp, quintet, quint, cinque, quine, 20 more
through Proto-Germanic *fimf ‘five’
through Proto-West Germanic *fimf ‘five’
through Yiddish פֿינף ‘five’
Today it means
noun A five-dollar bill (note).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe / finif