Where does “gjashtëmbëdhjetë” come from?

gjashtëmbëdhjetë (Albanian) comes from Albanian gjashtë, from Proto-Albanian seksti, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs — six.

gjashtëmbëdhjetë (Albanian): sixteen

Definitions

  1. sixteen

Ancestry of “gjashtëmbëdhjetë”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Albaniangjashtësix
2Proto-Albaniansekstisix
3Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs →Every word from Proto-Albanian seksti →Every word from Albanian gjashtë →