Where does “sevenþe” come from?

sevenþe (Middle English) comes from Middle English sefte, from Old English seofoþa, from Proto-West Germanic sebunþō, from Proto-Germanic sebundô — seventh.

sevenþe (Middle English): seventh; One of seven equal parts of a whole; a...

Definitions

  1. seventh; One of seven equal parts of a whole; a...

Ancestry of “sevenþe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishsefteAlternative form of sevenþe
2Old Englishseofoþaseventh
3Proto-West Germanicsebunþō—
4Proto-Germanicsebundôseventh

Words derived from “sevenþe”

Every word from Proto-Germanic sebundô →Every word from Proto-West Germanic sebunþō →Every word from Old English seofoþa →