Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sebunstirnī

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sebunstirniją.

Noun

*sebunstirnī n

1. Pleiades

Inflection

Neuter ja-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*sebunstirnij(a)
Genitive	*sebunstirnijas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*sebunstirnij(a)	—
Accusative	*sebunstirnij(a)	—
Genitive	*sebunstirnijas	—
Dative	*sebunstirnijē	—
Instrumental	*sebunstirniju	—

Alternative reconstructions

• *sebunstirrī

Descendants

• Old English: seofonstierre
• Old Frisian: *sogenstēre, *savenstēre
  • Saterland Frisian: Soogengestiern (influenced by or possibly borrowed from German)
  • West Frisian: sânstjer
• Old Saxon: *sivunstirni, *sivunstirri
  • Middle Low German: sēvenstērne, sȫvenstērne; sēvensterre
• Old Dutch: *sivonstirni, *sivonstirri
  • Middle Dutch: sēvensterre
    • Dutch: zevenster (now rare)
• Old High German: sibunstirni, sibunstirri; sibunstern
  • Middle High German: sibenstërne
    • German: Siebenstern, Siebengestirn