Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/sextam

This Proto-Celtic 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-Celtic

Etymology

From earlier *seɸtam, from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥.

Numeral

Proto-Celtic cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : *sextam     Ordinal : *sextametos

*sextam

1. seven

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic: *seiθ
  • Breton: seizh
  • Cornish: seyth
  • Middle Welsh: seith
    • Welsh: saith
• Old Irish: secht
  • Middle Irish: secht
    • Irish: seacht
    • Manx: shiaght
    • Scottish Gaelic: seachd
• Gaulish: sextam