Where does “fimmaurabrandari” come from?

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

fimmaurabrandari (Icelandic): a joke that is so bad it is good, usually a short joke based on word play or a pun, similar to a dad joke

Definitions

  1. a joke that is so bad it is good, usually a short joke based on word play or a pun, similar to a dad joke

Ancestry of “fimmaurabrandari”, step by step

fimmaurabrandari traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic fimm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicfimmfive; the cardinal number after fjórir and...
2Old Norsefimmfive
3Proto-Germanicfimffive
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive

via Icelandic brandari

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicbrandarijoke
2Danishbrander—

via Icelandic aurar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicaurarindefinite nominative plural of eyrir
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic fimf →Every word from Old Norse fimm →