Where does “fimmti” come from?

fimmti (Faroese) comes from Faroese fimm, from Old Norse fimm, from Proto-Germanic fimf, from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe — five.

fimmti (Faroese): fifty

Definitions

  1. fifty

Ancestry of “fimmti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Faroesefimmfive; cardinal number after "fýra" and before...
2Old Norsefimmfive
3Proto-Germanicfimffive
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic fimf →Every word from Old Norse fimm →