*sebun

Runic: ᛊᛖᛒᚢᚾ Pronunciation: /ˈse.βun/

numeral

Meanings

seven

Etymology

From earlier *sebunt, from Pre-Germanic *sepḿ̥t, a metathetic alteration of Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥ (‘seven’), with -t positioned through influence of *newun (‘nine’) and *tehun (‘ten’).

Descendants

  • *sebun (Proto-West Germanic)
    • sivon (Old Dutch)
      • seven (Middle Dutch)
        • zeve (Limburgish)
        • zēvne (West Flemish)
  • *sebun (Proto-West Germanic)
    • sivon (Old Dutch)
      • seven (Middle Dutch)
        • zeven (Dutch)
          • sewe (Afrikaans)
  • *sebun (Proto-West Germanic)
    • seofon, sufon, syfon, siofun, seofun, seofo, siofu, sifu (Old English)
      • seven, ceven, seofen, seoven, sevene, sevyn, sewyn, zeven, zeve (Middle English)
        • seven, sen, siven (English)
        • zeven (Yola)
  • *sebun (Proto-West Germanic)
    • seofon, sufon, syfon, siofun, seofun, seofo, siofu, sifu (Old English)
      • seven, ceven, seofen, seoven, sevene, sevyn, sewyn, zeven, zeve (Middle English)
        • sevin, sewin (Middle Scots)
          • seiven, seeven (Scots)
  • *sebun (Proto-West Germanic)
    • sigun, siugun, sogen, soven, saven, savn (Old Frisian)
      • sogen (Saterland Frisian)
      • sân (West Frisian)
  • *sebun (Proto-West Germanic)
    • sibun (Old High German)
      • siben, siven, seben, suben, söben (Middle High German)
        • sibe, sibä, siebë, siibe (Alemannic German)
        • ? (Bavarian)
        • sibbe, sivve (Central Franconian)
        • ? (East Central German)
        • sieben (German)
        • siewe, siwwe (Rhine Franconian)
        • זיבן (zibn) (Yiddish)
  • *sebun (Proto-West Germanic)
    • sivun (Old Saxon)
      • sēven (Middle Low German)
        • sööwen, soowen (North Frisian)
        • säwen (Plautdietsch)
  • *sebun (Proto-West Germanic)
    • sivun (Old Saxon)
      • sēven (Middle Low German)
        • söven, sieven, seven (Low German)
          • söben, söven, seben, seven (Dutch Low Saxon)
          • sëwe, sëwen, sæwen, sæben, söven, söben (German Low German)
  • sjau (Old Norse)
    • sju (Elfdalian)
    • sjey (Faroese)
    • sjau, sjavv (Gutnish)
    • sjö (Icelandic)
    • sju (Norn)
  • sjau (Old Norse)
    • ? (Norwegian)
      • sju (Norwegian Bokmål)
      • sju (Norwegian Nynorsk)
  • sjau (Old Norse)
    • siu (Old Danish)
      • syv (Danish)
        • syv (Norwegian Bokmål)
  • sjau (Old Norse)
    • siū, syū (Old Swedish)
      • sju (Swedish)
  • *seaβu (Old Norse)
    • sju (Elfdalian)
    • sjey (Faroese)
    • sjau, sjavv (Gutnish)
    • sjö (Icelandic)
    • sju (Norn)
  • *seaβu (Old Norse)
    • ? (Norwegian)
      • sju (Norwegian Bokmål)
      • sju (Norwegian Nynorsk)
  • *seaβu (Old Norse)
    • siu (Old Danish)
      • syv (Danish)
        • syv (Norwegian Bokmål)
  • *seaβu (Old Norse)
    • siū, syū (Old Swedish)
      • sju (Swedish)
  • *seaβun (Old Norse)
    • sju (Elfdalian)
    • sjey (Faroese)
    • sjau, sjavv (Gutnish)
    • sjö (Icelandic)
    • sju (Norn)
  • *seaβun (Old Norse)
    • ? (Norwegian)
      • sju (Norwegian Bokmål)
      • sju (Norwegian Nynorsk)
  • *seaβun (Old Norse)
    • siu (Old Danish)
      • syv (Danish)
        • syv (Norwegian Bokmål)
  • *seaβun (Old Norse)
    • siū, syū (Old Swedish)
      • sju (Swedish)
  • 𐍃𐌹𐌱𐌿𐌽 (sibun) (Gothic)

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