Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sebun

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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 earlier *sebunt, from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥, with -t added through influence of *newun (“nine”) and *tehun (“ten”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈse.βun/

Numeral

cardinal number
7	Previous:	*sehs
7	Next:	*ahtōu

*sebun (ordinal *sebundô)

seven

Descendants

Old English: seofon, siofun, seofun
- Middle English: seven, seofen, seoven, sevene, ceven, sevyn, sewyn
  - English: seven
  - Scots: seiven, seeven (obsolete sevin, sewin)
  - Yola: zeven
Old Frisian: sigun, siugun, sogen, soven, saven, savn
- North Frisian: soowen
- Saterland Frisian: soogen
- West Frisian: sân
Old Saxon: sivun
- Middle Low German: sēven
  - Low German: sæwen, sæben, seben, seven
  - German Low German: sëwe, sëwen, sæwen, sæben, söven
  - Dutch Low Saxon: söben, söven, seben, seven
  - Plautdietsch: säwen
Old Dutch: sivon
- Middle Dutch: seven
  - Dutch: zeven
    - Afrikaans: sewe
  - Limburgish: zeve
  - West Flemish: zēvne
Old High German: sibun
- Middle High German: siben, siven, seben, suben, söben
  - Alemannic German: sibe, sibä, siebë, siibe
  - Central Franconian: sibbe, sivve
  - Cimbrian: zibane, sibane
  - German: sieben
  - Luxembourgish: siwen
  - Yiddish: זיבן‎ (zibn)
Old Norse: sjau
- Icelandic: sjö
- Faroese: sjey
- Norn: sju
- Norwegian:
  - Norwegian Bokmål: sju
  - Norwegian Nynorsk: sju
- Old Swedish: siū, syū
  - Swedish: sju
- Old Danish: siu
  - Danish: syv
    - → Norwegian Bokmål: syv
- Elfdalian: sju
- Gutnish: sjau, sjavv
Gothic: 𐍃𐌹𐌱𐌿𐌽 (sibun)

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.