Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sehs
Proto-Germanic
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editNumeral
edit< 5 | 6 | 7 > |
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Cardinal : *sehs Ordinal : *sehtô Multiplier : *sehsfalþaz | ||
*sehs
Descendants
edit- Proto-West Germanic: *sehs
- Old English: six, sex — Anglian; siex, syx, seox
- Old Frisian: sex
- Old Saxon: sehs
- Old Dutch: sehs, *ses
- Old High German: sehs
- Middle High German: sehs
- Alemannic German: sächs, saks (Uri); säks (southern Bern, Graubünden); säksch (Valais), säks, säksch
- Bavarian:
- Central Franconian: sechs, sähs (Ripuarian)
- East Central German:
- Vilamovian: zachs
- East Franconian:
- German: sechs
- Rhine Franconian: sechs
- Frankfurterisch: [z̥εks]
- Pennsylvania German: sechs
- Yiddish: זעקס (zeks)
- Middle High German: sehs
- Old Norse: sex, sjax — broken form
- Gothic: 𐍃𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍃 (saihs)