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

Proto-Celtic numbers (edit)
70
 ←  6 7 8  → 
    Cardinal: *sextam
    Ordinal: *sextametos

Etymology

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

Numeral

*sextam

  1. seven

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic: *seiθ
  • Old Irish: secht
  • Gaulish: sextam

References

  • Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*sextam”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 332
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