Where does “femsifret” come from?

femsifret (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål -sifret, from Norwegian Bokmål siffer, from Arabic صِفر, from Latin cifra, from Arabic صِفْر, from Sanskrit शून्य, from Proto-Indo-European ḱówH-.

femsifret (Norwegian Bokmål): five-digit

Definitions

  1. five-digit

Ancestry of “femsifret”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmål-sifret-digit
2Norwegian Bokmålsiffera digit
3Arabicصِفرempty, void
4Latincifranumeral, cipher; zero
5Arabicصِفْرzero, nothing, empty, void; nothing, cipher;...
6Sanskritशून्यzero; cipher, cypher; blank, deserted
7Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱówH-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱówH- →Every word from Sanskrit शून्य →Every word from Arabic صِفْر →