five
Scots
/faiːv/, /fɛv/
numeral
Definitions
- fivefive
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English five inherited from Old English fīf (five) inherited from Proto-Germanic *fimf (five) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe (five, number five, whole hand).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*pénkʷe
Gloss
five, number five, whole hand
Concept
Semantic Field
Quantity
Ontological Category
Number
Kanji
五
Emoji
🕔️ 🕠️ 🖐️
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- five English
- quinque Latin
- quintus Latin
- quīnque Latin
- cinque Italian
- πέντε Ancient Greek
- *penkʷ- Proto-Indo-European
- *ponkʷ-to- Proto-Indo-European
- *pénkʷe Proto-Indo-European
- *fimf Proto-Germanic
- fif Old English
- fiffeald Old English
- fiftig Old English
- fīf Old English
- पञ्चन् Sanskrit
- পঞ্চন্, पञ्चन् Sanskrit
- fifte Middle English
- fiftene Middle English
- five Middle English
- fimm Old Norse
- *pętь Proto-Slavic
- fimf Old High German
- 𐍆𐌹𐌼𐍆 Gothic
- *fimf gmw-pro
- *fīf Old Dutch
- *kʷinkʷe Proto-Celtic
- *pánča Proto-Indo-Iranian
- fif Old Saxon
- *kʷenkʷe Proto-Italic
- *pánća Proto-Indo-Aryan
- fīf Old Frisian
- *penče Proto-Albanian
- *penk- Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *penkʷtos Proto-Hellenic
- *pénkʷe Proto-Hellenic
- *p'äñś Proto-Tocharian
- piēncts Old Prussian
- fyuf Crimean Gothic
- 𐌐𐌖𐌌𐌐𐌄 Oscan