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 numbers ^(edit)

	50
←  4	5	6  →
Cardinal: fimm     Ordinal: fimmti     Ordinal abbreviation: 5.

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɪmː/
• Rhymes: -ɪmː

Numeral

fimm (indeclinable)

1. five

Derived terms

• fimma

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
  • Swedish: fem
• Old Danish: fæm
  • Danish: fem

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “fimm”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive