Where does “seis” come from?
seis (Asturian) comes from Old Leonese seis, from Latin sex, from Proto-Italic seks, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs — six.
seis (Asturian): six
Ancestry of “seis”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Leonese | seis | — |
| 2 | Latin | sex | six; 6 |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | seks | six |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | swéḱs | six |
Words derived from “seis”