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.[1] Cognates include Faroese fimm and Danish fem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɪmː/
  • Rhymes: -ɪmː

Numeral

fimm (indeclinable)

  1. five

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN, page 175 (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)

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 Nynorsk: fem
  • Elfdalian: fem
  • Old Swedish: fæm
  • Old Danish: fæm
    • Danish: fem
      • Norwegian Bokmål: fem

Further reading

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