Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sehtô

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

From Proto-Indo-European *sweḱ(s)-tHo-, from *swéḱs. An ordinal to *sehs (“four”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsex.tɔːː/

Adjective

**Proto-Germanic ordinal numbers**
< 5	6	7 >
Cardinal : sehs Ordinal* : sehtô Multiplier* : *sehsfalþaz

*sehtô[1][2]

sixth

Inflection

Declension of *sehtô (an/īn-stem)

Case	Masculine		Feminine		Neuter
	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*sehtô	*sehtaniz	*sihtį̄	*sihtīniz	*sehtô	*sehtōnō
Accusative	*sehtanų	*sehtanunz	*sihtīnų	*sihtīnunz	*sehtô	*sehtōnō
Genitive	*sihtiniz	*sehtanǫ̂	*sihtīniz	*sihtīnǫ̂	*sihtiniz	*sehtanǫ̂
Dative	*sihtini	*sehtammaz	*sihtīni	*sihtīmaz	*sihtini	*sehtammaz
Instrumental	*sihtinē	*sehtammiz	*sihtīnē	*sihtīmiz	*sihtinē	*sehtammiz

Alternative reconstructions

*sehstô[3]

Descendants

Most descendants eventually inserted an s from the cardinal number *sehs.

⇒ Proto-West Germanic: *sehstō (as if from < *sehstô)
- 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
  - Middle Low German: seste, sēste, söste
    - German Low German: sessde, sessd
- Old Dutch: *sesto
  - Middle Dutch: seste, sesde
    - Dutch: zesde
      - Afrikaans: sesde
      - Negerhollands: sesde
      - → Kwinti: zesde
    - Limburgish: zèsdje
- Old High German: sehsto
  - Middle High German: sehste
    - Cimbrian: zèkste
    - German: sechste
    - Yiddish: זעקסט‎ (zekst)
Old High German: sehto
- Middle High German: sehte
Old Norse: sétti
- Icelandic: sétti, sjötti
- Faroese: sætti
- Norwegian: sjette
- Old Swedish: sætti, siætti
  - Swedish: sjätte
- Danish: sjette
⇒ Gothic: 𐍃𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍃𐍄𐌰 (saihsta) (as if from < *sehstô)

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*sehtan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
“sétt” in: Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)
Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*sexstōn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 322

[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*sehtan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

[2] “sétt” in: Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)

[3] Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*sexstōn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 322