Where does “*sibun” come from?
*sibun (Proto-West Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic sebun, from Proto-Germanic sebunt, from Proto-Indo-European septḿ̥ — seven.
Ancestry of “*sibun”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Germanic | sebun | seven |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | sebunt | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | septḿ̥ | seven |