Words that come from Proto-Germanic “sehs”

144 words across 40 languages descend from Proto-Germanic sehs — including six, sixteen, sixpence, sax, sixpenny, boxcars, sixfold, exes.

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English (30)

German (20)

Old English (9)

Norwegian Bokmål (7)

Swedish (6)

Middle English (6)

Norwegian Nynorsk (6)

Icelandic (4)

Old Swedish (4)

Yiddish (4)

Dutch (3)

Danish (3)

Old Dutch (3)

Faroese (3)

North Frisian (3)

Old Norse (3)

Old High German (2)

Middle Dutch (2)

Japanese (2)

Afrikaans (2)

Old Saxon (2)

Tok Pisin (2)

West Frisian (1)

Old Frisian (1)

Interlingua (1)

Crimean Gothic (1)

Central Franconian (1)

Luxembourgish (1)

Gothic (1)

Old Danish (1)

German Low German (1)

Elfdalian (1)

Low German (1)

Ido (1)

Scots (1)

Proto-Germanic (1)

Saterland Frisian (1)

Proto-West Germanic (1)

Middle Low German (1)

Middle High German (1)