Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sebun

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 *sebun.

Numeral

*sebun

seven

Descendants

Old English: seofon, siofun, seofun
- Middle English: seven, ceven, seofen, seoven, sevene, sevyn, sewyn
  - English: seven
  - Middle Scots: sevin, sewin
    - Scots: seiven, seeven
  - Yola: zeven
Old Frisian: sigun, siugun, sogen, soven, saven, savn
- North Frisian: soowen
- Saterland Frisian: sogen
- West Frisian: sân
Old Saxon: sivun
- Middle Low German: sēven
  - Low German: sæwen, sæben, seben, seven
  - German Low German: sëwe, sëwen, sæwen, sæben, söven
  - Dutch Low Saxon: söben, söven, seben, seven
  - Plautdietsch: säwen
Old Dutch: sivon
- Middle Dutch: seven
  - Dutch: zeven
    - Afrikaans: sewe
  - Limburgish: zeve
  - West Flemish: zēvne
Old High German: sibun
- Middle High German: siben, siven, seben, suben, söben
  - Alemannic German: sibe, sibä, siebë, siibe
  - Bavarian:
    Cimbrian: zibane, sibane
    Mòcheno: sim
  - Central Franconian: sibbe, sivve
    Hunsrik: sieve
    Luxembourgish: siwen
  - East Central German:
    Vilamovian: zejwa
  - East Franconian:
  - German: sieben
  - Rhine Franconian: siewe, siwwe
    Pennsylvania German: siwwe
  - Yiddish: זיבן‎ (zibn)