Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sehtō

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 *sehtô. Alternative *sehstō under the infleuence of *sehs (“six”).^[1]

Adjective

*sehtō^[2]

sixth

Inflection

n-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*sehtō
Genitive	sihtini, sehtan
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*sehtō	*sehtā	*sehtā
Accusative	*sehtan	*sehtōn	*sehtā
Genitive	sihtini, sehtan	*sehtōn	sihtini, sehtan
Dative	sihtini, sehtan	*sehtōn	sihtini, sehtan
Instrumental	sihtini, sehtan	*sehtōn	sihtini, sehtan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*sehtan	*sehtōn	*sehtōn
Accusative	*sehtan	*sehtōn	*sehtōn
Genitive	*sehtanō	*sehtōnō	*sehtanō
Dative	*sehtum	sehtōm, sehtum	*sehtum
Instrumental	*sehtum	sehtōm, sehtum	*sehtum

Alternative reconstructions

*sehstō

Descendants

Old English: sixta, siexta, syxta, sihsta, sexta, sesta
- Middle English: sixte
  - English: sixth
  - Scots: saxt, sext, sixt
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 (Limburgish)
  - Dutch: zesde
    - Afrikaans: sesde
    - Negerhollands: sesde
    - → Kwinti: zesde
  - Limburgish: zèsdje
Old High German: sehto, sehsto
- Middle High German: sehte, sehste
  - Cimbrian: zèkste
  - German: sechste
  - Yiddish: זעקסט (zekst)

References

^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*sehtan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 157: “PWGmc *sehstō”

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

[2] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 157: “PWGmc *sehstō”

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