Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sehs

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *sehs.

Numeral

*sehs

six

Descendants

Old English: siex, sex, seox, syx
- Middle English: six, sex, cex
  - English: six
  - Scots: sex, sax
  - Yola: zeese
Old Frisian: sex
- North Frisian:
  Föhr-Amrum, Mooring and Wiedingharde: seeks
  Helgoland: sös
  Sylt: soks
- Saterland Frisian: säks
- West Frisian: seis
Old Saxon: sehs
- Middle Low German: ses, sēs
  - Dutch Low Saxon: zes
  - German Low German: sess, söß, söss, soss
  - Plautdietsch: sass
Old Dutch: sehs, *ses
- Middle Dutch: ses
  - Dutch: zes
    - Afrikaans: ses
  - Limburgish: zès
  - West Flemish: zèsse
  - Zealandic: zes
Old High German: sehs
- Middle High German: sehs
  - Alemannic German: sächs, saks, säks, säksch
  - Bavarian:
    Cimbrian: zèkse, sèkse
    Mòcheno: secks
  - Central Franconian: sechs, sähs
    Hunsrik: sechs
  - German: sechs
  - Luxembourgish: sechs
  - Rhine Franconian:
    Pennsylvania German: sechs
  - Yiddish: זעקס‎ (zeks)