fimmtigir

Old Norse

Old Norse numbers ^(edit)

[a], [b] ←  40	50	60  → [a], [b], [c]
	5
Cardinal: fimm tigir, fimmtigi, fimmtigir, fimtigi, fimtigir     Ordinal: fimmtugundi, fimtugundi

Alternative forms

• fimm tigir, fimmtigi, fimtigi, fimtigir

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fimf tigiwiz (“fifty”). Equivalent to fimm (“five”) +‎ tigir (“amount of ten”).

Numeral

fimmtigir m pl

1. (cardinal number) fifty [with genitive ‘of something’]

Declension

Declension of fimmtigir (strong u-stem, indefinite plural only)

masculine	plural
	indefinite
nominative	fimmtigir
accusative	fimmtigu
dative	fimmtigum
genitive	fimmtiga

Descendants

• Icelandic: fimmtíu
• Faroese: fimmti
• Norwegian Nynorsk: femti
• Norwegian Bokmål: femti
• Old Swedish: fǣmtighi
  • Swedish: femtio
• Old Danish: thretiughæ, thretiughu