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 with a loss of *w (as also seen in Latin sex and Sanskrit षष् (ṣáṣ) (< Proto-Indo-Iranian *šwaćš)).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sexs/

Numeral

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

*sehs

six

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *sehs
- Old English: six, sex; siex, syx, seox
  - Middle English: six, cex, sex; zix
    - English: six
      - Sranan Tongo: siksi
        Aukan: siksi
        → Wayana: siksi
      - Saramaccan: sigisi
    - 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
      - Berbice Creole Dutch: sesi
      - Javindo: ses
      - Jersey Dutch: zääs
      - Negerhollands: ses, sees
      - Skepi Creole Dutch: ses
      - → Trió: ses
    - Limburgish: zès
    - West Flemish: zèsse
    - Zealandic: zes
- Old High German: sehs
  - Middle High German: sehs
    - Alemannic German: sächs, saks; säks; säksch, säks, säksch
    - Bavarian:
      Cimbrian: zèkse, sèkse
      Mòcheno: secks
    - Central Franconian: sechs, sähs
      Hunsrik: sechs
      Luxembourgish: sechs
    - East Central German:
      Vilamovian: zachs
    - East Franconian:
    - German: sechs
    - Rhine Franconian: sechs
      Frankfurterisch: [z̥εks]
      Pennsylvania German: sechs
    - Yiddish: זעקס (zeks)
Old Norse: sex, sjax
- Icelandic: sex
- Faroese: seks
- Norn: siks
- Norwegian Bokmål: seks
- Norwegian Nynorsk: seks
- Old Swedish: sæx, siæx
  - Swedish: sex
- Old Danish: sæx, ᛋᛁᛆᚼᛋ, siahs
  - Danish: seks
- Elfdalian: sjäks
- Old Gutnish: siex
  - Gutnish: siex, sex
Gothic: 𐍃𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍃 (saihs)

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