sehs

Old High German

**Old High German cardinal numbers**
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Cardinal : sehs

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sehs, whence also Old English siex, Old Norse sex. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs.

Numeral

sehs

(cardinal) six

Descendants

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 Saxon

**Old Saxon cardinal numbers**
< 5	6	7 >
Cardinal : sehs

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sehs, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs.

Numeral

sehs

(cardinal) six

Descendants

Middle Low German: ses, sēs
- Dutch Low Saxon: zes
- German Low German: sess, söß, söss, soss
- Plautdietsch: sass

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