Where does “fimm þúsund” come from?

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

fimm þúsund (Icelandic): five thousand

Definitions

  1. five thousand

Ancestry of “fimm þúsund”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicfimmfive; the cardinal number after fjórir and...
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 →