Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sehs

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 *swehs, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs (“six”) with a loss of *w (as also seen in Latin sex and Sanskrit षष् (ṣáṣ) (< Proto-Indo-Iranian *šwáćš)).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sexs/

Numeral

Proto-Germanic cardinal numbers
 <  5 6 7  > 
    Cardinal : *sehs
    Ordinal : *sehtô
    Multiplier : *sehsfalþaz

*sehs

  1. six

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*sehs-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 431
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