heft
Definition of heft
seven
Other forms
hewt, haft
Example Sentences
- Saet heft e: It is seven o'clock.
Etymology
From Avestan hepta "seven".
From PIE *septm "seven"
Sanskrit sapta,
Hittite shipta,
Greek hepta,
Latin septem,
Proto-Germanic *sebun,
Old Saxon sibun,
Old Norse sjau,
Swedish sju,
Danish syv,
Old Frisian sowen, siugun,
Middle Dutch seven,
Dutch zeven,
Old High German sibun,
German sieben,
Gothic sibun
Old English seofon,
Old Church Slavonic sedmi,
Lithuanian septyni,
Old Irish secht,
Welsh saith.
Related words and phrases
hefte "a week (seven days)"
Updated on May 1, 2023