Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sehs

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *swehs, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs with a loss of *w (as also seen in Sanskrit षष् (ṣáṣ) (< Proto-Indo-Iranian *šwaĉš)).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sexs/

Numeral

cardinal number
6	Previous:	*fimf
6	Next:	*sebun

*sehs (ordinal *sehstô)

six

Descendants

Old English: siex, sex, seox, syx
- Middle English: six, sex, cex
  - English: six
  - Scots: sex, sax
  - Yola: zeese
Old Frisian: sex
- North Frisian:
  Föhr-Amrum, Mooring and Wiedingharde: seeks
  Helgoland: sös
  Sylt: soks
- Saterland Frisian: säks
- West Frisian: seis
Old Saxon: sehs
- Middle Low German: ses, sēs
  - Dutch Low Saxon: zes
  - German Low German: sess, söß, söss, soss
  - Plautdietsch: sass
Old Dutch: sehs, *ses
- Middle Dutch: ses
  - Dutch: zes
    - Afrikaans: ses
  - Limburgish: zès
  - West Flemish: zèsse
  - Zealandic: zes
Old High German: sehs
- Middle High German: sehs
  - Alemannic German: sächs, saks, säks, säksch
  - Central Franconian: sechs, sähs
    Hunsrik: sechs
  - Cimbrian: zèkse, sèkse
  - German: sechs
  - Luxembourgish: sechs
  - Rhine Franconian:
    Pennsylvania German: sechs
  - Yiddish: זעקס‎ (zeks)
Old Norse: sex
- Icelandic: sex
- Faroese: seks
- Norn: siks
- Norwegian: seks
- Old Swedish: sæx, siæx
  - Swedish: sex
- Old Danish: sæx
  - Danish: seks
- Elfdalian: sjäks
- Old Gutnish: siex
  - Gutnish: siex, sex
Gothic: 𐍃𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍃 (saihs)

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