fimm
Faroese
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Cardinal : fimm Ordinal : fimti | ||
Etymology
From Old Norse fimm (“five”), Proto-Germanic *fimf, ultimately from *pémpe, variant of Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [fɪmː]
Numeral
fimm
- five; cardinal number after fýra and before seks.
Icelandic
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Cardinal : fimm Ordinal : fimmti | ||
Etymology
From Old Norse fimm (“five”), from Proto-Germanic *fimf, ultimately from *pémpe, variant of Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɪmː/
- Rhymes: -ɪmː
Numeral
fimm
- five; the cardinal number after fjórir (“four”) and before sex (“six”).
Derived terms
- klukkan fimm
See also
- fimma (noun)
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
- five
Descendants
- Icelandic: fimm
- Faroese: fimm
- Norwegian: fem
- Old Swedish: fæm
- Swedish: fem
- Old Danish: fæm
- Danish: fem
- Elfdalian: fem
References
- fimm in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press