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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/septḿ̥

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Numeral
Proto-Indo-European cardinal numbers
 <  6 7 8  > 
    Cardinal : *septḿ̥
    Ordinal : *septm̥mós[1]

*septḿ̥

  1. seven

Descendants
  • Proto-Anatolian: *septam
    • Hittite: [script needed] (šiptam-)
    • Luwian:
      Anatolian Hieroglyphs script: [Anatolian Hieroglyphs needed] (šaptam-)
  • Proto-Albanian: *septati (see there for further descendants)
  • Armenian:
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *septín (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Celtic: *sextam (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Germanic: *sebun (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Hellenic: *heptə́ (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *saptá (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Italic: *septem (see there for further descendants)
  • Tocharian:
  • → Proto-Ugric: *säptɜ (see there for further descendants)

References
  1. Fortson, Benjamin W. (2004, 2010) Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, Oxford: Blackwell

Further reading
  • Blažek, Václav (1999) Numerals: comparative-etymological analyses of numeral systems and their implications (Opera Universitatis Masarykianae Brunensis, Facultas philosophica; 322)‎, Brno: Masarykova Univerzita, page 246
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