fimm

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
  • IPA(key): [fɪmː]

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.[1] Cognates include Faroese fimm and Danish fem.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fɪmː/
  • Rhymes: -ɪmː

Numeral

fimm

  1. five

Derived terms

References
  1. 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
Old Norse numbers (edit)
50[a], [b], [c], [d], [e]
 ←  4 5 6  → 
    Cardinal: fimm
    Ordinal: fimmti, fimti
    Multiplier: fimmfaldr

Alternative forms
  • ᚠᛁᛘ (fim), ᚠᛁᛙ (fim) — Runic form

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. (cardinal number) five

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

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