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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sehtō

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sehtô. Alternative *sehstō under the infleuence of *sehs (six).[1]

Adjective

*sehtō[2]

  1. sixth

Inflection

n-stem
Singular Masculine
Nominative *sehtō
Genitive *sehtini, *sehtan
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative *sehtō *sehtā *sehtā
Accusative *sehtan *sehtōn *sehtā
Genitive *sehtini, *sehtan *sehtōn *sehtini, *sehtan
Dative *sehtini, *sehtan *sehtōn *sehtini, *sehtan
Instrumental *sehtini, *sehtan *sehtōn *sehtini, *sehtan
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative *sehtan *sehtōn *sehtōn
Accusative *sehtan *sehtōn *sehtōn
Genitive *sehtanō *sehtōnō *sehtanō
Dative *sehtum *sehtōm, *sehtum *sehtum
Instrumental *sehtum *sehtōm, *sehtum *sehtum

Alternative reconstructions

  • *sehstō

Descendants

  • Old English: sixta, siexta, syxta, sihsta, sexta, sesta
    • Middle English: sixte
      • English: sixth
      • Scots: sixt, sext, saxt
  • Old Frisian: sexta
    • North Frisian:
      Föhr-Amrum: seekst
      Helgoland: sös
    • Saterland Frisian: säkste
    • West Frisian: sechste
  • Old Saxon: sehsto
  • Old Dutch: *sesto
  • Old High German: sehto, sehsto

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*sehtan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
  2. Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 157:PWGmc *sehstō
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