Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sehtō
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *sehtô. Alternative *sehstō under the infleuence of *sehs (“six”).[1]
Adjective
[edit]*sehtō[2]
Inflection
[edit]| 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
[edit]- *sehstō
Descendants
[edit]- Old English: sixta, siexta, syxta, sihsta, sexta, sesta
- Old Frisian: sexta
- Old Saxon: sehsto
- Old Dutch: *sesto
- Old High German: sehto, sehsto
References
[edit]- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*sehtan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], 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”