Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sebun

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 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
	Next:	*ahtōu

*sebun (ordinal *sebundô)

1. seven

Descendants

• Old English: seofon, siofun, seofun — Mercian
  • Middle English: seven, ceven, seofen, seoven, sevene, sevyn, sewyn; zeven, zeve (Kent)
    • English: seven
    • Middle Scots: sevin, sewin
      • Scots: seiven, seeven
    • 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
    • Bavarian:

      Cimbrian: zibane, sibane (Luserna)

      Mòcheno: sim

    • Central Franconian: sibbe, sivve (Moselle Franconian, westernmost and easternmost Ripuarian)

      Hunsrik: sieve

      Luxembourgish: siwen

    • East Central German:

      Vilamovian: zejwa

    • East Franconian:
    • German: sieben
    • Rhine Franconian: siewe, siwwe

      Pennsylvania German: siwwe

    • Yiddish: זיבן (zibn)
• Old Norse: sjau
  • Icelandic: sjö
  • Faroese: sjey
  • Norn: sju
  • Norwegian:
    • Norwegian Bokmål: sju
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: sju
  • Old Swedish: siu, siū, syū
    • Swedish: sju
  • Old Danish: siu
    • Danish: syv
      • → Norwegian Bokmål: syv
  • Elfdalian: sju
  • Gutnish: sjau, sjavv
• Gothic: 𐍃𐌹𐌱𐌿𐌽 (sibun)