Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/fimftō

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 *fimftô.

Adjective

*fimftō

fifth

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Old English: fīfta
- Middle English: fifte
  - English: fifth
  - Scots: fift, fyft
Old Frisian: fīfta
- North Frisian:
  Föhr-Amrum: füft
  Helgoland: füfs
  Sylt: fifst
- Saterland Frisian: fiefte, füüfte
- West Frisian: fyfte
Old Saxon: fīfto
Old Dutch: *fīfto
- Middle Dutch: vijfte, vichte
  - Dutch: vijfde
    - Afrikaans: vyfde
    - Negerhollands: veifde
  - Limburgish: viefdje
Old High German: fimfto
- Middle High German: fünfte
  - Cimbrian: bümbte
  - German: fünfte