Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/fimf

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fimf.

Numeral

**Proto-West Germanic cardinal numbers**
< 4	5	6 >
Cardinal : *fimf

*fimf

five

Descendants

Old English: fīf
- Middle English: five, fife, fif, fyve, vif, vive
  - English: five
  - Scots: five, fif, fife, fyve
  - Yola: veeve
Old Frisian: fīf
- North Frisian:
  Most dialects: fiiw
  Helgoland: fiuw
  Sylt: fif
- Saterland Frisian: fieuw
- West Frisian: fiif
Old Saxon: fīf
- Middle Low German: vîf
  - Low German: fief
    - German Low German: fief, fiew, fiev
  - Plautdietsch: fief
Old Dutch: fīf, vīf
- Middle Dutch: vijf
  - Dutch: vijf
    - Afrikaans: vyf
    - Berbice Creole Dutch: faifu, fefu
    - Javindo: fijf
    - Jersey Dutch: vāif
    - Negerhollands: fyf, fev, veif
    - Skepi Creole Dutch: faif
    - Sranan Tongo: feifi
      - Aukan: feifi
    - → Trió: peihpë
  - Limburgish: vief
Old High German: fimf
- Middle High German: vinf, vünf
  - Alemannic German: foif, föif, füüf, fünf
    Alsatian: fénef, fänef, feenef
    Swabian: finf
  - Bavarian: finf
    Cimbrian: vünve, bümbe (Mezzaselva)
    Mòcheno: vinf
  - Central Franconian: fönnef, fennef, fief
    Hunsrik: finnef
  - East Central German: fönff
  - German: fünf
  - Luxembourgish: fënnef
  - Pennsylvania German: fimf
  - Vilamovian: fynf
  - Yiddish: פֿינף (finf)