zèchsane

Cimbrian

Cimbrian cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : zèchsane     Ordinal : zèchsante     Attributive : zèchsan

Alternative forms

• sechtzane (Luserna)

Etymology

From Middle High German sehzehen, from Old High German sehszehan, from Proto-Germanic *sehstehun. Cognate with German sechzehn, Dutch zestien, English sixteen, Icelandic sextán.

Numeral

zèchsane (dative zèchsan)

1. (Sette Comuni) sixteen

   büusane, zèchsane, zibantzane ― fifteen, sixteen, seventeen

References

• “zèchsane” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo