Where does “seofeniht” come from?

seofeniht (Old English) comes from Old English seofon, from Proto-West Germanic sebun, from Proto-Germanic sebun, from Proto-Germanic sebunt, from Proto-Indo-European septḿ̥ — seven.

seofeniht (Old English): a week

Definitions

  1. a week

Ancestry of “seofeniht”, step by step

seofeniht traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English seofon

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

via Old English niht

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishnihtnight; day
2Proto-Indo-Europeannókʷtsnight
3Proto-Indo-Europeannegʷ-bare, naked

Words derived from “seofeniht”

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