Where does “femti” come from?

femti (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Old Norse fimtigi, from Old Norse fimm, from Proto-Germanic fimf, from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe — five.

femti (Norwegian Nynorsk): fifty

Definitions

  1. fifty

Ancestry of “femti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsefimtigififty
2Old Norsefimmfive
3Proto-Germanicfimffive
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive

Words derived from “femti”

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