Etymology Explorer › Old Irish

Where does “secht” come from?

secht (Old Irish) comes from Proto-Celtic sextam, from Proto-Indo-European septḿ̥ — seven.

secht (Old Irish): seven

Definitions

  1. seven

Ancestry of “secht”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celticsextamseven
2Proto-Indo-Europeanseptḿ̥seven

Words derived from “secht”

  • seacht-
  • seachtó
  • seachtar
  • seachtrín
  • seacht
  • seachd
  • sechtmoga
  • shiaght
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