Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sebun

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 *sebun.

Numeral

Proto-West Germanic cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : *sebun

*sebun

1. seven

Descendants

• 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)