Where does “seven” come from?

Seven derives from Middle English seven, from Old English seofon, from Proto-West Germanic swefn, from Proto-Germanic sebun, from Proto-Indo-European swep-.

seven (English): A numerical value equal to 7; the number...

Definitions

  1. A numerical value equal to 7; the number...

Ancestry of “seven”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishsevenseven; Alternative form of sweven
2Old Englishseofonseven
3Proto-West Germanicsebunseven
4Proto-Germanicsebunseven
5Proto-Germanicsebunt—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanseptḿ̥seven

Words derived from “seven”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European septḿ̥ →