Where does “sieben” come from?

sieben (Translingual) comes from German Sieben, from Middle High German siben, from Old High German sibun, from Proto-West Germanic *sibun, from Proto-Germanic sebun, from Proto-Germanic sebunt, from Proto-Indo-European septḿ̥ — seven.

sieben (Translingual): Spoken by a player during a match with one or more visually impaired players to indicate the seventh rank in algebraic notation

Definitions

  1. Spoken by a player during a match with one or more visually impaired players to indicate the seventh rank in algebraic notation

Ancestry of “sieben”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSiebenseven; gerund of sieben; the act of sifting;...
2Middle High Germansiben—
3Old High Germansibunseven
4Proto-West Germanic*sibun—
5Proto-Germanicsebunseven
6Proto-Germanicsebunt—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanseptḿ̥seven
Every word from Proto-Indo-European septḿ̥ →Every word from Proto-Germanic sebunt →Every word from Proto-Germanic sebun →