Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sebuntēhundą

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

Modified from earlier *seftunēhundą under the influence of *sebunt (“seven”), from earlier *seftunhundą remodeled after *fimfēhundą (“fifty”) and *sehsēhundą (“sixty”),[1] from *seftun, from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥ (“seven”), + *-hundą (“hundred”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈse.βun.tɛːˌxun.dɑ̃/

Numeral

cardinal number (tens)
70	Previous:	*sehs tigiwiz
70	Next:	*ahtōutēhundą

*sebuntēhundą

seventy

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic:
- Old English: hundseofontig, unseofontiġ, seofontiġ
  - Middle English: seventy
    - English: seventy
- Old Saxon: antsivuntig, antsibunta; siƀuntig
  - Low German: söventig
- Old Dutch: *antsivontig
  - Middle Dutch: tsēventich
    - Dutch: zeventig
      - Afrikaans: sewentig
      - Jersey Dutch: sœventix
      - Negerhollands: seventig, seeventig
- Old High German: sibunzo
Gothic: 𐍃𐌹𐌱𐌿𐌽𐍄𐌴𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳 (sibuntēhund)

References

Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 419

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[1] Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 419