Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/septḿ̥

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Numeral

*septḿ̥

1. seven

Descendants

• Proto-Anatolian: *septam
  • Hittite: (šiptam-)
  • Luwian:

    Anatolian Hieroglyphs script: (šaptam-)

• Proto-Albanian: *septati (see there for further descendants)
• Armenian:
  • Old Armenian: եօթն (eōtʻn)
    • Armenian: յոթ (yotʻ)
• Proto-Balto-Slavic: *septín (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Celtic: *sextam (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Germanic: *sebun (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Hellenic: *heptə́ (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Indo-Iranian: *saptá (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Italic: *septem (see there for further descendants)
• Tocharian:
  • Tocharian A: ṣpät
  • Tocharian B: ṣukt
• → Proto-Ugric: *säptɜ (see there for further descendants)

References

Further reading

• Blažek, Václav (1999) Numerals: comparative-etymological analyses of numeral systems and their implications (Opera Universitatis Masarykianae Brunensis, Facultas philosophica; 322)‎, Brno: Masarykova Univerzita, page 246