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”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic fimf →Every word from Old Norse fimm →