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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Â© The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology 1996, originally published by Oxford University Press 1996. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

five repr. inflected form fīfe (fīfa, fīfum) of OE. fīf = OS. fīf (Du. viif), OHG. fimf, finf (G. fünf), ON. fimm, Goth. fimf :- Gmc. *fimfi :- IE. *pempe, alt. by assim. from *peŋqe, whence Skr. páñca, Gr. pénte, L. quínque, OIr. cóic, OW. pimp (mod. pump), Lith. penki.
So fifteen. OE. fīftēne (-tīene) = OS. fiftein (Du. viijftien), OHG. fimfzehan (G. fünfzehn), ON. fimtán, Goth. fimftaihun. Hence fifteenth. Late OE. fīftēnða (XI); see -TEEN. fifth. OE. fīfta = OS. fīfto (Du. viifde), OHG. fimfto (G. fünfte), ON. fimti; the standard form has -TH2 after fourth. fifty. OE. fīftiġ = OS. fīftich (Du. vijftig), OHG. fimfzug (G. fünfzig), ON. fimmtigr, Goth. fimftigjus; see -TY1. Hence fiftieth. OE. fiftiġeoða.

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