Faroese

Numeral

fimm

1. five; cardinal number after fýra and before seks.

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse fimm ‎(“five”), from Proto-Germanic *fimf, ultimately from from *pémpe, variant of Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɪmː/
• Rhymes: -ɪmː

Numeral

fimm

1. five; the cardinal number after fjórir and before sex.

Derived terms

• klukkan fimm

See also

• fimma noun

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fimf, whence also Old English fīf, Old High German fimf. Ultimately from from *pémpe, variant of Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe.

Numeral

fimm

1. five

Descendants

References

• fimm in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press