fimm

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Faroese

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Faroese cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : fimm
    Ordinal : fimti

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Numeral

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fimm

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

Icelandic

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Icelandic cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : fimm
    Ordinal : fimmti

Etymology

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From Old Norse fimm (five), from Proto-Germanic *fimf.[1] Cognates include Faroese fimm and Danish fem.

Pronunciation

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Numeral

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fimm

  1. five

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Ásgeir Blöndal MagnússonÍslensk orðsifjabók, 1st edition, 2nd printing (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans, page 175. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)

Old Norse

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

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Numeral

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fimm

  1. (cardinal number) five

Descendants

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

References

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