Where does “fem” come from?
fem (Swedish) comes from Old Norse fimm, from Proto-Germanic fimf, from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe — five.
fem (Swedish): five
Ancestry of “fem”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | fimm | five |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | fimf | five |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | pénkʷe | five |