Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “swéḱs”
400 words across 62 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs — including six, sixteen, semester, sixpence, hexagonal, hexadecimal, siesta, hexagon.
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English (205)
- six
- sixteen
- semester
- sixpence
- hexagonal
- hexadecimal
- siesta
- hexagon
- sextant
- sax
- sixpenny
- boxcars
- sixfold
- hexagram
- sextet
- sestet
- sextile
- exes
- hexavalent
- hexafluoride
- samite
- hexamer
- hexene
- sexto
- hexaploid
- hexadecane
- hexachord
- sestina
- hexapod
- hexahedral
- hexameric
- hexagonally
- sixshooter
- hexanol
- hexahedron
- hexahydrate
- hexachlorobenzene
- sextuple
- hexapeptide
- sext
- hexachlorocyclohexane
- sexpartite
- sixpennyworth
- hexapole
- hexachloride
- sixscore
- hexastyle
- hexatonic
- hexametaphosphate
- hexenal
- hexahistidine
- midsemester
- dihexagonal
- sixer
- hexanucleotide
- hexachordal
- hexacelsian
- hexahydro
- senarius
- exabyte
- sexennial
- sixteenfold
- hexanone
- hexamethylenediamine
- hexaboride
- hexamethyl
- hexatriene
- hexadecanoic
- pseudohexagonal
- hexametric
- teenie
- hexafluoro
- hexadentate
- hexacetonide
- senary
- sextodecimo
- hexadecanol
- sextary
- sixteenpence
- hexafluoroisopropanol
- hexabenzocoronene
- sextarius
- heterohexamer
- hexasaccharide
- hexadecapole
- hexachlorobutadiene
- allohexaploid
- hexametrical
- semisextile
- sixgill
- saxist
- tetrakishexahedron
- sextain
- hexanitrate
- hexasyllabic
- hexenyl
- sexangular
- tetrahexahedron
- sixish
- saxman
- hexacoordinate
- hexacoordinated
- hexaferrite
- hexenoic
- hexachlorobiphenyl
- hexahelicene
- hexacarbonyl
- hexafluoroacetone
- sextans
- heterohexameric
- hexacyclic
- hexahydride
- hexafluoroethane
- hexacoordination
- sixsome
- hexagonality
- hexanitro
- hexadecanoyl
- sixteener
- homohexamer
- sextuply
- hexadecamer
- hexahydroxy
- hexabromide
- tetrahexahedral
- hexaaqua
- sextuplicate
- hexafluoroantimonate
- semesterly
- hexaploidy
- sexdecillion
- maltohexaose
- homohexameric
- hexamethylcyclotrisiloxane
- hexapedal
- semestered
- hexabasic
- hexapetalous
- hexadecameric
- hexapolar
- sixness
- neohexene
- sixteenpenny
- sixmo
- hexadepsipeptide
- sixplex
- postsemester
- hexaaquairon
- sextantal
- hexaoxide
- sixies
- hexadeoxynucleotide
- hexarchy
- sevirate
- hexatetrahedron
- sexadecimal
- sexennially
- hexafluoroplatinate
- hexadecimally
- hexaene
- hexadeuterated
- hexacoral
- hexadecapeptide
- hexaglot
- subhexagonal
- cyclomaltohexaose
- hexadecatrienoic
- hexit
- hexasodium
- sextate
- hexa-
- hexadactylous
- hexadeca-
- hexapterous
- senocular
- sexangle
- sexangularly
- subsextuple
- exa-
- exagram
- exasecond
- sexa-
- sexting
- hexaferrocenylbenzene
- exalitre
- exametre
- hexaploidization
- hexaphosphorylated
- hexamethoxide
- hexanitride
- hexasilicide
- hexasolvate
- exaton
- exahertz
- exanewton
- exakatal
- pseudohexagonally
- hexasiloxane
- hexalogy
- hexanitrobenzene
- isohexadecane
- hexachloroacetone
- nonhexadecimal
- hexabromoacetone
- hexaquark
Italian (55)
- sestetto
- sesto
- sestina
- sei
- seicento
- siesta
- sessenne
- esa-
- esafluoruro
- sestiere
- esacordo
- esadecimale
- esaedro
- esagonale
- esagono
- esametro
- esapode
- esastilo
- sedici
- esatonale
- esatonico
- sedicenne
- sestuplo
- seienne
- assestare
- assestamento
- ventisei
- ventiseienne
- centosei
- trentasei
- trentaseienne
- settantasei
- settantaseienne
- ottantasei
- ottantaseienne
- esaidrato
- esatomico
- sestaio
- staio
- esaedrico
- esamotore
- esapodia
- esarchia
- esatonia
- esametilendiammina
- esametilentetrammina
- esametilene
- esabromobenzene
- esadecagono
- esadecanolo
- esaidrofenolo
- esaidruro
- esanitrobenzene
- esaprotico
- esamero