Where does “fem” come from?

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

fem (Norwegian Bokmål): five

Definitions

  1. five

Ancestry of “fem”, step by step

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

Words derived from “fem”

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