Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/septəm

This Proto-Italic 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-Italic

Proto-Italic numbers (edit)
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    Cardinal: *septəm
    Ordinal: *septəmos

Etymology

    Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥.

    Numeral

    *septəm (indeclinable)

    1. seven

    Descendants

    • Latin: septem (see there for further descendants)

    References

    • De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “septem”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 555