Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sebun
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From earlier *sebunt, from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥, with -t added through influence of *newun (“nine”) and *tehun (“ten”).
Pronunciation
Numeral
7 | Previous: | *sehs |
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Next: | *ahtōu |
*sebun (ordinal *sebundô)
Descendants
- Old English: seofon, siofun, seofun — Mercian
- Old Frisian: sigun, siugun, sogen, soven, saven, savn
- Old Saxon: sivun
- Old Dutch: sivon
- Old High German: sibun
- Middle High German: siben, siven, seben, suben, söben
- Old Norse: sjau
- Gothic: 𐍃𐌹𐌱𐌿𐌽 (sibun)