Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sehtō
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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[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *sehtô. Alternative *sehstō under the infleuence of *sehs (“six”).[1]
Adjective[edit]
*sehtō[2]
Inflection[edit]
| n-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | ||
| Nominative | *sehtō | ||
| Genitive | *sehtini, *sehtan | ||
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *sehtō | *sehtā | *sehtā |
| Accusative | *sehtan | *sehtōn | *sehtā |
| Genitive | *sehtini, *sehtan | *sehtōn | *sehtini, *sehtan |
| Dative | *sehtini, *sehtan | *sehtōn | *sehtini, *sehtan |
| Instrumental | *sehtini, *sehtan | *sehtōn | *sehtini, *sehtan |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *sehtan | *sehtōn | *sehtōn |
| Accusative | *sehtan | *sehtōn | *sehtōn |
| Genitive | *sehtanō | *sehtōnō | *sehtanō |
| Dative | *sehtum | *sehtōm, *sehtum | *sehtum |
| Instrumental | *sehtum | *sehtōm, *sehtum | *sehtum |
Alternative reconstructions[edit]
- *sehstō
Descendants[edit]
- Old English: sixta, siexta, syxta, sihsta, sexta, sesta
- Old Frisian: sexta
- Old Saxon: sehsto
- Old Dutch: *sesto
- Old High German: sehto, sehsto
References[edit]
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*sehtan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 157: “PWGmc *sehstō”