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        <title type="main">Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *sehtô</title>
        <author>Scott K. Shay</author>
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      <publicationStmt>
        <publisher>Wardja Press</publisher>
        <date when="2026-10-01"/>
        <idno type="URL">https://protogermanic.org/pgmc_sehtô</idno>
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        <p>Single-entry extract from the dictionary. Cross-references to other entries point to their identifiers in the full dictionary.</p>
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        <entry xml:id="pgmc_sehto" type="adj" corresp="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sehtô">
          <form type="lemma">
            <orth>sehtô</orth>
            <pron notation="ipa">ˈsex.tɔːː</pron>
            <form type="runic">
              <orth>ᛊᛖᚺᛏᛟ</orth>
            </form>
          </form>
          <gramGrp>
            <pos>adj</pos>
            <gram type="stem">an/īn-stem</gram>
          </gramGrp>
          <sense n="1">
            <def>sixth</def>
          </sense>
          <etym>
            <seg type="p">From Proto-Indo-European *swéḱstos, from *swéḱs. An ordinal to *sehs (‘six’).</seg>
          </etym>
          <re type="paradigm">
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #nom #masc #strong">
              <orth>sehtô</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #nom #fem #strong">
              <orth>sihtį̄</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #nom #neut #strong">
              <orth>sehtô</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #nom #masc #strong">
              <orth>sehtaniz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #nom #fem #strong">
              <orth>sihtīniz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #nom #neut #strong">
              <orth>sehtōnō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #acc #masc #strong">
              <orth>sehtanų</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #acc #fem #strong">
              <orth>sihtīnų</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #acc #neut #strong">
              <orth>sehtô</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #acc #masc #strong">
              <orth>sehtanunz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #acc #fem #strong">
              <orth>sihtīnunz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #acc #neut #strong">
              <orth>sehtōnō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #gen #masc #strong">
              <orth>sihtiniz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #gen #fem #strong">
              <orth>sihtīniz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #gen #neut #strong">
              <orth>sihtiniz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #gen #masc #strong">
              <orth>sehtanǫ̂</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #gen #fem #strong">
              <orth>sihtīnǫ̂</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #gen #neut #strong">
              <orth>sehtanǫ̂</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #dat #masc #strong">
              <orth>sihtini</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #dat #fem #strong">
              <orth>sihtīni</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #dat #neut #strong">
              <orth>sihtini</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #dat #masc #strong">
              <orth>sehtammaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #dat #fem #strong">
              <orth>sihtīmaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #dat #neut #strong">
              <orth>sehtammaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #instr #masc #strong">
              <orth>sihtinē</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #instr #fem #strong">
              <orth>sihtīnē</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #instr #neut #strong">
              <orth>sihtinē</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #instr #masc #strong">
              <orth>sehtammiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #instr #fem #strong">
              <orth>sihtīmiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #instr #neut #strong">
              <orth>sehtammiz</orth>
            </form>
          </re>
          <re type="descendants">
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              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*sehtō</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Dutch</lang>
                    <orth>*sesto</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Dutch</lang>
                      <orth>seste, sesde</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Limburgish</lang>
                        <orth>zèsdje</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*sehtō</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Dutch</lang>
                    <orth>*sesto</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Dutch</lang>
                      <orth>seste, sesde</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Dutch</lang>
                        <orth>zesde</orth>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Afrikaans</lang>
                          <orth>sesde</orth>
                        </form>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Kwinti</lang>
                          <orth>zesde</orth>
                        </form>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Negerhollands</lang>
                          <orth>sesde</orth>
                        </form>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*sehtō</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old English</lang>
                    <orth>sixta, siexta, syxta, sihsta, sexta, sesta</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle English</lang>
                      <orth>sixte</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>English</lang>
                        <orth>sixth</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Scots</lang>
                        <orth>saxt, sext, sixt</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*sehtō</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Frisian</lang>
                    <orth>sexta</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>North Frisian</lang>
                      <orth>?</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Saterland Frisian</lang>
                      <orth>säkste</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>West Frisian</lang>
                      <orth>sechste</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*sehtō</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old High German</lang>
                    <orth>sehto, sehsto</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle High German</lang>
                      <orth>sehte, sehste</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Cimbrian</lang>
                        <orth>zèkste</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>German</lang>
                        <orth>sechste</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Yiddish</lang>
                        <orth>זעקסט (zekst)</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*sehtō</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Saxon</lang>
                    <orth>sehsto</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Low German</lang>
                      <orth>seste, sēste, söste</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>German Low German</lang>
                        <orth>sessde, sessd</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*sehstō</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Dutch</lang>
                    <orth>*sesto</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Dutch</lang>
                      <orth>seste, sesde</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Limburgish</lang>
                        <orth>zèsdje</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*sehstō</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Dutch</lang>
                    <orth>*sesto</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Dutch</lang>
                      <orth>seste, sesde</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Dutch</lang>
                        <orth>zesde</orth>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Afrikaans</lang>
                          <orth>sesde</orth>
                        </form>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Kwinti</lang>
                          <orth>zesde</orth>
                        </form>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Negerhollands</lang>
                          <orth>sesde</orth>
                        </form>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*sehstō</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old English</lang>
                    <orth>sixta, siexta, syxta, sihsta, sexta, sesta</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle English</lang>
                      <orth>sixte</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>English</lang>
                        <orth>sixth</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Scots</lang>
                        <orth>saxt, sext, sixt</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*sehstō</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Frisian</lang>
                    <orth>sexta</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>North Frisian</lang>
                      <orth>?</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Saterland Frisian</lang>
                      <orth>säkste</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>West Frisian</lang>
                      <orth>sechste</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*sehstō</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old High German</lang>
                    <orth>sehto, sehsto</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle High German</lang>
                      <orth>sehte, sehste</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Cimbrian</lang>
                        <orth>zèkste</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>German</lang>
                        <orth>sechste</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Yiddish</lang>
                        <orth>זעקסט (zekst)</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*sehstō</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Saxon</lang>
                    <orth>sehsto</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Low German</lang>
                      <orth>seste, sēste, söste</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>German Low German</lang>
                        <orth>sessde, sessd</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>sétti</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Faroese</lang>
                    <orth>sætti</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Icelandic</lang>
                    <orth>sétti, sjötti</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Norwegian</lang>
                    <orth>sjette</orth>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>sétti</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Danish</lang>
                    <orth>siætæ, sætæ</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Danish</lang>
                      <orth>sjette</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>sétti</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Swedish</lang>
                    <orth>sætti, siætti</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Swedish</lang>
                      <orth>sjätte</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Gothic</lang>
                  <orth>𐍃𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍃𐍄𐌰 (saihsta)</orth>
                </form>
              </item>
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