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
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    Cardinal : fimm
    Ordinal : fimmti

Etymology

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

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

Numeral

fimm

  1. five; the cardinal number after fjórir (“four”) and before sex (“six”).

Derived terms

See also

Old Norse

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. five

Descendants

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