Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sehs
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Proto-Germanic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From earlier *swehs, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs with a loss of *w (as also seen in Latin sex and Sanskrit षष् (ṣáṣ) (< Proto-Indo-Iranian *šwaćš)).
Pronunciation
[edit]Numeral
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Cardinal : *sehs Ordinal : *sehtô Multiplier : *sehsfalþaz | ||
*sehs
Descendants
[edit]- Proto-West Germanic: *sehs
- Old English: six, sex; siex, syx, seox
- Old Frisian: sex
- Old Saxon: sehs
- Old Dutch: sehs, *ses
- Old High German: sehs
- Old Norse: sex, sjax
- Gothic: 𐍃𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍃 (saihs)