𐍆𐌹𐌼𐍆𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿𐌽

From Proto-Germanic *fimftehun and cognate to Old English fīftīene and Old Norse fimtán. By surface analysis, 𐍆𐌹𐌼𐍆 (fimf) +‎ 𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿𐌽 (taihun).

• IPA^(key): /ˈfimfˌtɛ.hun/

𐍆𐌹𐌼𐍆𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿𐌽 • (fimftaihun)

1. (hapax) fifteen (cardinal number)
   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of John (Codex Argenteus) 11.18:[1]

     𐍅𐌰𐍃𐌿𐌷 𐌸𐌰𐌽 𐌱𐌴𐌸𐌰𐌽𐌹𐌰 𐌽𐌴𐍈𐌰 𐌹𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌿𐍃𐌰𐌿𐌻𐍅𐌼𐌹[𐌰]𐌼, 𐍃𐍅𐌰𐍃𐍅𐌴 𐌰𐌽𐌰 𐍃𐍀𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌳𐌹𐌼 𐍆𐌹𐌼𐍆𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌹𐌼.

     wasuh þan bēþania nēƕa iairusaulwmi[a]m, swaswē ana spaurdim fimftaihunim.

     Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off: (KJV)

• Dative: 𐍆𐌹𐌼𐍆𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌹𐌼 (fimftaihunim)

• 𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿𐌽 (taihun, “ten”)
• 𐍆𐌹𐌼𐍆 (fimf, “five”)

• Lehmann, Winfred P. (1986) “F56. *fimf-taihun”, in A Gothic Etymological Dictionary, based on the 3rd ed. of Feist’s dictionary, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 117
• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 35