Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fimf

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

    From Pre-Germanic *pémpe, with an irregular consonant change of the second *p from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe (“five”), perhaps influenced by the initial *p plus a resonant vowel preceding it; the expected form would have been **finhw.[1] Possibly related to Proto-Germanic *funstiz (“fist”) and *fingraz (“finger”).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ɸimɸ/

    Numeral

    Proto-Germanic cardinal numbers
     <  4 5 6  > 
        Cardinal : *fimf
        Ordinal : *fimftô
        Multiplier : *fimffalþaz

    *fimf

    1. five

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    Descendants

    References

    1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*fimfe”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 140
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