fimm

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Faroese

Faroese cardinal numbers
 <  4 5 6  > 
    Cardinal : fimm
    Ordinal : fimti

Etymology

From Old Norse fimm (five), Proto-Germanic *fimf, ultimately from *pémpe, variant of Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe.

Pronunciation

Numeral

fimm

  1. five; cardinal number after fýra and before seks.

Icelandic

Icelandic cardinal numbers
 <  4 5 6  > 
    Cardinal : fimm
    Ordinal : fimmti

Etymology

From Old Norse fimm (five), from Proto-Germanic *fimf, ultimately from *pémpe, variant of Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe.

Pronunciation

Numeral

fimm

  1. five; the cardinal number after fjórir (four) and before sex (six).

Derived terms

See also


Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fimf, whence also Old English fīf, Old High German fimf. Ultimately from *pémpe, variant of Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe.

Numeral

fimm

  1. five

Descendants

  • Icelandic: fimm
  • Faroese: fimm
  • Norwegian: fem
  • Old Swedish: fæm
  • Old Danish: fæm
  • Elfdalian: fem

References

  • fimm”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press