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Where does “fimm” come from?

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

fimm (Icelandic): five; the cardinal number after fjórir and...

Definitions

  1. five; the cardinal number after fjórir and...

Ancestry of “fimm”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsefimmfive
2Proto-Germanicfimffive
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive

Words derived from “fimm”

  • fimm þúsund
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