seven

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · inherited from*septḿ̥“seven”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*sebun“seven”
3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*sebun“seven”
4. Old English · inherited fromseofon“seven”
5. Middle English · inherited fromseven
6. English todayseven

PIE word *septḿ̥ From Middle English seven, from Old English seofon (“seven”), from Proto-West Germanic *sebun (“seven”), from Proto-Germanic *sebun (“seven”), from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥ (“seven”). Cognate with Scots seiven (“seven”), West Frisian sân (“seven”), Saterland Frisian soogen (“seven”), Low German söven (“seven”), Dutch zeven (“seven”), German sieben (“seven”), Danish syv (“seven”), Norwegian sju (“seven”), Icelandic sjö (“seven”), Latin septem (“seven”), Ancient Greek ἑπτά (heptá, “seven”), Russian семь (semʹ), Sanskrit सप्त (saptá).

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