fimm
Faroese edit
| < 4 | 5 | 6 > |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal : fimm Ordinal : fimti | ||
Etymology edit
From Old Norse fimm (“five”), Proto-Germanic *fimf, ultimately from *pémpe, variant of Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe.
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fimm
Icelandic edit
| < 4 | 5 | 6 > |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal : fimm Ordinal : fimmti | ||
Etymology edit
From Old Norse fimm (“five”), from Proto-Germanic *fimf.[1] Cognates include Faroese fimm and Danish fem.
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fimm
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ^ Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, 1st edition, 2nd printing (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans, page 175. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)
Old Norse edit
| 50[a], [b], [c], [d], [e] | ||
| ← 4 | 5 | 6 → |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal: fimm Ordinal: fimmti, fimti Multiplier: fimmfaldr | ||
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *fimf, whence also Old English fīf, Old High German fimf. Ultimately from *pémpe, variant of Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe.
Numeral edit
fimm
Descendants edit
- Icelandic: fimm
- Faroese: fimm
- Norwegian: fem
- Elfdalian: fem
- Old Swedish: fæm
- Swedish: fem
- Old Danish: fæm
- Danish: fem
References edit
- “fimm”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press