Where does “sēven” come from?

sēven (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch sivun, from Proto-West Germanic sebun, from Proto-Germanic sebun, from Proto-Germanic sebunt, from Proto-Indo-European septḿ̥ — seven.

sēven (Middle Dutch): seven

Definitions

  1. seven

Ancestry of “sēven”, step by step

sēven traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Dutch sivun

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchsivun—
2Proto-West Germanicsebunseven
3Proto-Germanicsebunseven
4Proto-Germanicsebunt—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanseptḿ̥seven

via Middle Dutch sēve

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchsēve—
2Old Norsesifia relation by marriage, an affinis
3Proto-West Germanicsibisieve
4Proto-Indo-Europeanseyp-to pour out, trickle, strain; to pour out, drip,...

Words derived from “sēven”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European septḿ̥ →Every word from Proto-Germanic sebunt →Every word from Proto-Germanic sebun →