Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sebunstirnī

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sebunstirniją.

Noun

*sebunstirnī n

Pleiades

Inflection

Neuter ja-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*sebunstirnī
Genitive	*sebunstirnijas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*sebunstirnī	—
Accusative	*sebunstirnī	—
Genitive	*sebunstirnijas	—
Dative	*sebunstirnijē	—
Instrumental	*sebunstirniju	—

Alternative reconstructions

*sebunstirrī

Descendants

Old English: seofonstierre
Old Frisian: *sogenstēre, *savenstēre
- Saterland Frisian: Soogengestiern (influenced by or possibly borrowed from German)
- West Frisian: sânstjer
Old Saxon: *sivunstirni, *sivunstirri
- Middle Low German: sēvenstērne, sȫvenstērne; sēvensterre
Old Dutch: *sivonstirni, *sivonstirri
- Middle Dutch: sēvensterre
  - Dutch: zevenster (now rare)
Old High German: sibunstirni, sibunstirri; sibunstern
- Middle High German: sibenstërne
  - German: Siebenstern, Siebengestirn