Where does “klockan fem” come from?

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

klockan fem (Swedish): at five o'clock

Definitions

  1. at five o'clock

Ancestry of “klockan fem”, step by step

klockan fem traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish fem

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

via Swedish klockan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishklockan—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic fimf →Every word from Old Norse fimm →