Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sehs

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 *sehs.

Numeral

**Proto-West Germanic cardinal numbers**
< 5	6	7 >
Cardinal : sehs Ordinal* : *sehtō

*sehs

six

Descendants

Old English: six, sex — Anglian, siex, syx, seox
- Middle English: six, cix, cex, sex, zix (Kent)
  - English: six
    - Sranan Tongo: siksi
      - Aukan: siksi
        → Wayana: siksi
    - Saramaccan: sigisi
  - Scots: sax, sex, six
  - Yola: zeese
Old Frisian: sex
- North Frisian:
  Föhr-Amrum, Mooring and Wiedingharde: seeks
  Helgoland: sös
  Sylt: soks
- Saterland Frisian: säks
- West Frisian: seis
Old Saxon: sehs
- Middle Low German: ses, sēs
  - Low German: sess, söß
    - Dutch Low Saxon: zes
    - German Low German: sess
  - Plautdietsch: sass
Old Dutch: ses
- Middle Dutch: ses
  - Dutch: zes
    - Afrikaans: ses
    - Berbice Creole Dutch: sesi
    - Javindo: ses
    - Jersey Dutch: zääs
    - Negerhollands: ses, sees
    - Skepi Creole Dutch: ses
    - → Trió: ses
  - Limburgish: zès
  - West Flemish: zèsse
  - Zealandic: zes
Old High German: sehs
- Middle High German: sehs
  - Alemannic German: sächs, saks (Uri), säks (southern Bern, Graubünden), säksch (Valais), säks, säksch
  - Bavarian:
    Cimbrian: zèkse, sèkse (Luserna)
    Mòcheno: secks
  - Central Franconian: sechs, sähs (Ripuarian)
    Hunsrik: sechs
    Luxembourgish: sechs
  - East Central German:
    Vilamovian: zachs
  - German: sechs
  - Rhine Franconian: sechs
    Frankfurterisch: [z̥εks]
    Pennsylvania German: sechs
  - Yiddish: זעקס (zeks)