Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fimftô

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *penkʷtós, from *pénkʷe. An ordinal to *fimf (“five”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɸimɸ.tɔːː/

Adjective

**Proto-Germanic ordinal numbers**
< 4	5	6 >
Cardinal : fimf Ordinal* : fimftô Multiplier* : *fimffalþaz

*fimftô

fifth

Inflection

Declension of *fimftô (an/īn-stem)

Case	Masculine		Feminine		Neuter
	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*fimftô	*fimftaniz	*fimftį̄	*fimftīniz	*fimftô	*fimftōnō
Accusative	*fimftanų	*fimftanunz	*fimftīnų	*fimftīnunz	*fimftô	*fimftōnō
Genitive	*fimftiniz	*fimftanǫ̂	*fimftīniz	*fimftīnǫ̂	*fimftiniz	*fimftanǫ̂
Dative	*fimftini	*fimftammaz	*fimftīni	*fimftīmaz	*fimftini	*fimftammaz
Instrumental	*fimftinē	*fimftammiz	*fimftīnē	*fimftīmiz	*fimftinē	*fimftammiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *fimftō
- Old English: fīfta
  - Middle English: fifte
    - English: fifth
    - Scots: fift, fyft
- Old Frisian: fīfta
  - North Frisian:
    Föhr-Amrum: füft
    Helgoland: füfs
    Sylt: fifst
  - Saterland Frisian: fiefte, füüfte
  - West Frisian: fyfte
- Old Saxon: fīfto
- Old Dutch: *fīfto
  - Middle Dutch: vijfte, vichte
    - Dutch: vijfde
      - Afrikaans: vyfde
      - Negerhollands: veifde
    - Limburgish: viefdje
- Old High German: fimfto
  - Middle High German: fünfte
    - Cimbrian: vünvte, bümbte
    - German: fünfte
    - Yiddish: פֿינפֿט (finft)
Old Norse: fimmti, fimti
- Icelandic: fimmti
- Faroese: fimti
- Norwegian Nynorsk: femte
- Norwegian Bokmål: femte
- Old Swedish: fæmti
  - Swedish: femte
- Danish: femte
Gothic: *𐍆𐌹𐌼𐍆𐍄𐌰 (*fimfta) (in 𐍆𐌹𐌼𐍆𐍄𐌰𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌰 (fimftataihunda, “fifteenth”))

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