Where does “seven” come from?

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

seven (Translingual): of the ICAO/NATO radiotelephony alphabet

Definitions

  1. of the ICAO/NATO radiotelephony alphabet

Ancestry of “seven”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsevenA numerical value equal to 7; the number...
2Middle Englishsevenseven; Alternative form of sweven
3Old Englishseofonseven
4Proto-West Germanicsebunseven
5Proto-Germanicsebunseven
6Proto-Germanicsebunt—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanseptḿ̥seven
Every word from Proto-Indo-European septḿ̥ →