Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sebun

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From earlier *sebunt, from Pre-Germanic *sepḿ̥t, a metathetic alteration of Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥, with -t positioned through influence of *newun (“nine”) and *tehun (“ten”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈse.βun/

Numeral

Proto-Germanic cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : *sebun     Ordinal : *sebundô     Multiplier : *sebunfalþaz

*sebun

1. seven

Derived terms

• *sebunstirniją

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *sebun
  • Old English: seofon, siofun, seofun — Mercian
    • Middle English: seven, ceven, seofen, seoven, sevene, sevyn, sewyn, zeven, zeve (Kent)
      • English: seven
      • Middle Scots: sevin, sewin
        • Scots: seiven, seeven
      • Yola: zeven
  • Old Frisian: sigun, siugun, sogen, soven, saven, savn
    • North Frisian: soowen
    • Saterland Frisian: sogen
    • West Frisian: sân
  • Old Saxon: sivun
    • Middle Low German: sēven
      • Low German: sæwen, sæben, seben, seven
      • German Low German: sëwe, sëwen, sæwen, sæben, söven
      • Dutch Low Saxon: söben, söven, seben, seven
      • Plautdietsch: säwen
  • Old Dutch: sivon
    • Middle Dutch: seven
      • Dutch: zeven
        • Afrikaans: sewe
      • Limburgish: zeve
      • West Flemish: zēvne
  • Old High German: sibun
    • Middle High German: siben, siven, seben, suben, söben
      • Alemannic German: sibe, sibä, siebë, siibe
      • Bavarian:

        Cimbrian: zibane, sibane (Luserna)

        Mòcheno: sim

      • Central Franconian: sibbe, sivve (Moselle Franconian, westernmost and easternmost Ripuarian)

        Hunsrik: sieve

        Luxembourgish: siwen

      • East Central German:

        Vilamovian: zejwa

      • East Franconian:
      • German: sieben
      • Rhine Franconian: siewe, siwwe

        Pennsylvania German: siwwe

      • Yiddish: זיבן (zibn)
• Old Norse: sjau (< *seaβu < *seaβun)
  • Icelandic: sjö
  • Faroese: sjey
  • Norn: sju
  • Norwegian:
    • Norwegian Bokmål: sju
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: sju
  • Old Swedish: siū, syū
    • Swedish: sju
  • Old Danish: siu
    • Danish: syv
      • → Norwegian Bokmål: syv
  • Elfdalian: sju
  • Gutnish: sjau, sjavv
• Gothic: 𐍃𐌹𐌱𐌿𐌽 (sibun)