Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fimftô

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *penkʷtós, from *pénkʷe. An ordinal to *fimf (“five”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɸimɸ.tɔːː/

Adjective

Proto-Germanic ordinal numbers

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Cardinal : *fimf     Ordinal : *fimftô     Multiplier : *fimffalþaz

*fimftô

1. fifth

Inflection

Declension of *fimftô (an/īn-stem)

Case	Masculine		Feminine		Neuter
	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*fimftô	*fimftaniz	*fimftį̄	*fimftīniz	*fimftô	*fimftōnō
Accusative	*fimftanų	*fimftanunz	*fimftīnų	*fimftīnunz	*fimftô	*fimftōnō
Genitive	*fimftiniz	*fimftanǫ̂	*fimftīniz	*fimftīnǫ̂	*fimftiniz	*fimftanǫ̂
Dative	*fimftini	*fimftammaz	*fimftīni	*fimftīmaz	*fimftini	*fimftammaz
Instrumental	*fimftinē	*fimftammiz	*fimftīnē	*fimftīmiz	*fimftinē	*fimftammiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *fimftō
  • 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 (West Flemish)
      • Dutch: vijfde
        • Afrikaans: vyfde
        • Negerhollands: veifde
      • Limburgish: viefdje
  • Old High German: fimfto
    • Middle High German: fünfte
      • Cimbrian: vünvte, bümbte (Mezzaselva)
      • German: fünfte
      • Yiddish: פֿינפֿט (finft)
• Old Norse: fimmti, fimti
  • Icelandic: fimmti
  • Faroese: fimti
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: femte
  • Norwegian Bokmål: femte
  • Old Swedish: fæmti
    • Swedish: femte
  • Danish: femte
• Gothic: *𐍆𐌹𐌼𐍆𐍄𐌰 (*fimfta) (in 𐍆𐌹𐌼𐍆𐍄𐌰𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌰 (fimftataihunda, “fifteenth”))