sehs

Old High German

Old High German cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : sehs

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sehs, whence also Old English siex, Old Norse sex. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs.

Numeral

sehs

1. six

Descendants

• Middle High German: sehs
  • Alemannic German: sächs, saks (Uri); säks (southern Bern, Graubünden); säksch (Valais), säks, säksch
  • Central Franconian: sechs, sähs (Ripuarian)

    Hunsrik: sechs

  • Cimbrian: zèkse, sèkse (Luserna)
  • German: sechs
  • Luxembourgish: sechs
  • Rhine Franconian:

    Pennsylvania German: sechs

  • Yiddish: זעקס (zeks)

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Old Saxon

Old Saxon cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : sehs

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sehs, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs.

Numeral

sehs

1. six

Descendants

• Middle Low German: ses, sēs
  • Dutch Low Saxon: zes
  • German Low German: sess, söß, söss, soss
  • Plautdietsch: sass