Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sebun

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From earlier *sebunt, from Pre-Germanic *sepḿ̥t, a metathetic alteration of Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥ (“seven”),[1] with -t positioned through influence of *newun (“nine”) and *tehun (“ten”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈse.βun/

Numeral

Proto-Germanic cardinal numbers
 <  6 7 8  > 
    Cardinal : *sebun
    Ordinal : *sebundô
    Multiplier : *sebunfalþaz

*sebun

  1. seven

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*sebun-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 429
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