Where does “fæm” come from?

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

fæm (Old Danish): five

Definitions

  1. five

Ancestry of “fæm”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsefimmfive
2Proto-Germanicfimffive
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic fimf →Every word from Old Norse fimm →