Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sehs

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 *swehs, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs (“six”) with a loss of *w (as also seen in Latin sex and Sanskrit षष् (ṣáṣ) (< Proto-Indo-Iranian *šwáćš)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sexs/

Numeral

Proto-Germanic numbers ^(edit)

	60
←  5	6	7  →
Cardinal: *sehs     Ordinal: *sehtô     Multiplier: *sehsfalþaz

*sehs

1. six

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *sehs
  • Old English: six, sex — Anglian, siex, syx, seox
    • Middle English: six, cix, cex, sex, zix (Kent)
      • English: six
        • Sranan Tongo: siksi
          • Aukan: siksi
            • → Wayana: siksi
        • Saramaccan: sigisi
      • Scots: sax, sex, six
      • Yola: zeese
  • Old Frisian: sex
    • North Frisian:

      Föhr-Amrum, Mooring and Wiedingharde: seeks

      Helgoland: sös

      Sylt: soks

    • Saterland Frisian: säks
    • West Frisian: seis
  • Old Saxon: sehs
    • Middle Low German: ses, sēs
      • Low German: sess, söß
        • Dutch Low Saxon: zes
        • German Low German: sess, seß, söß, söss, soss, süss, zes (Dutch Low Saxon)
      • Plautdietsch: sass
  • Old Dutch: ses
    • Middle Dutch: ses
      • Dutch: zes
        • Afrikaans: ses
        • Berbice Creole Dutch: sesi
        • Javindo: ses
        • Jersey Dutch: zääs
        • Negerhollands: ses, sees
        • Skepi Creole Dutch: ses
        • → Trió: ses
      • Limburgish: zès
      • West Flemish: zèsse
      • Zealandic: zes
  • Old High German: sehs
    • Middle High German: sehs
      • Alemannic German: sächs, saks (Uri), säks (southern Bern, Graubünden), säksch (Valais), säks, säksch
      • Bavarian:

        Cimbrian: zèkse, sèkse (Luserna)

        Mòcheno: secks

      • Central Franconian: sechs, sähs (Ripuarian)

        Hunsrik: sechs

        Luxembourgish: sechs

      • East Central German:

        Vilamovian: zachs

      • German: sechs
      • Rhine Franconian: sechs

        Frankfurterisch: [z̥εks]

        Pennsylvania German: sechs

      • Yiddish: זעקס (zeks)
• Old Norse: sex, sjax — broken form
  • Icelandic: sex
  • Faroese: seks
  • Norn: siks
  • Norwegian Bokmål: seks
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: seks
  • Old Swedish: sæx, siæx
    • Swedish: sex
  • Old Danish: sæx, ᛋᛁᛆᚼᛋ, siahs
    • Danish: seks
  • Elfdalian: sjäks
  • Old Gutnish: siex
    • Gutnish: siex, sex
• Gothic: 𐍃𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍃 (saihs)