*sehtô

Runic: ᛊᛖᚺᛏᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈsex.tɔːː/

adjective · an/īn-stem

Meanings

sixth

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *swéḱstos, from *swéḱs. An ordinal to *sehs (‘six’).

Declension

Strong declension

Case	Sg. Masc.	Sg. Fem.	Sg. Neut.	Pl. Masc.	Pl. Fem.	Pl. Neut.
Nom.	sehtô	sihtį̄	sehtô	sehtaniz	sihtīniz	sehtōnō
Acc.	sehtanų	sihtīnų	sehtô	sehtanunz	sihtīnunz	sehtōnō
Gen.	sihtiniz	sihtīniz	sihtiniz	sehtanǫ̂	sihtīnǫ̂	sehtanǫ̂
Dat.	sihtini	sihtīni	sihtini	sehtammaz	sihtīmaz	sehtammaz
Inst.	sihtinē	sihtīnē	sihtinē	sehtammiz	sihtīmiz	sehtammiz

Weak declension

Case	Sg. Masc.	Sg. Fem.	Sg. Neut.	Pl. Masc.	Pl. Fem.	Pl. Neut.
Nom.	–	–	–	–	–	–
Acc.	–	–	–	–	–	–
Gen.	–	–	–	–	–	–
Dat.	–	–	–	–	–	–
Inst.	–	–	–	–	–	–

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Descendants

*sehtō (Proto-West Germanic)
- *sesto (Old Dutch)
  - seste, sesde (Middle Dutch)
    - zèsdje (Limburgish)
*sehtō (Proto-West Germanic)
- *sesto (Old Dutch)
  - seste, sesde (Middle Dutch)
    - zesde (Dutch)
      - sesde (Afrikaans)
      - zesde (Kwinti)
      - sesde (Negerhollands)
*sehtō (Proto-West Germanic)
- sixta, siexta, syxta, sihsta, sexta, sesta (Old English)
  - sixte (Middle English)
    - sixth (English)
    - saxt, sext, sixt (Scots)
*sehtō (Proto-West Germanic)
- sexta (Old Frisian)
  - ? (North Frisian)
  - säkste (Saterland Frisian)
  - sechste (West Frisian)
*sehtō (Proto-West Germanic)
- sehto, sehsto (Old High German)
  - sehte, sehste (Middle High German)
    - zèkste (Cimbrian)
    - sechste (German)
    - זעקסט (zekst) (Yiddish)
*sehtō (Proto-West Germanic)
- sehsto (Old Saxon)
  - seste, sēste, söste (Middle Low German)
    - sessde, sessd (German Low German)
*sehstō (Proto-West Germanic)
- *sesto (Old Dutch)
  - seste, sesde (Middle Dutch)
    - zèsdje (Limburgish)
*sehstō (Proto-West Germanic)
- *sesto (Old Dutch)
  - seste, sesde (Middle Dutch)
    - zesde (Dutch)
      - sesde (Afrikaans)
      - zesde (Kwinti)
      - sesde (Negerhollands)
*sehstō (Proto-West Germanic)
- sixta, siexta, syxta, sihsta, sexta, sesta (Old English)
  - sixte (Middle English)
    - sixth (English)
    - saxt, sext, sixt (Scots)
*sehstō (Proto-West Germanic)
- sexta (Old Frisian)
  - ? (North Frisian)
  - säkste (Saterland Frisian)
  - sechste (West Frisian)
*sehstō (Proto-West Germanic)
- sehto, sehsto (Old High German)
  - sehte, sehste (Middle High German)
    - zèkste (Cimbrian)
    - sechste (German)
    - זעקסט (zekst) (Yiddish)
*sehstō (Proto-West Germanic)
- sehsto (Old Saxon)
  - seste, sēste, söste (Middle Low German)
    - sessde, sessd (German Low German)
sétti (Old Norse)
- sætti (Faroese)
- sétti, sjötti (Icelandic)
- sjette (Norwegian)
sétti (Old Norse)
- siætæ, sætæ (Old Danish)
  - sjette (Danish)
sétti (Old Norse)
- sætti, siætti (Old Swedish)
  - sjätte (Swedish)
𐍃𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍃𐍄𐌰 (saihsta) (Gothic)

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