Where does “şeş” come from?

şeş (Azerbaijani) comes from Persian شش, from Proto-Iranian šwáš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian šwáćš, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs — six.

şeş (Azerbaijani): six

Definitions

  1. six

Ancestry of “şeş”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianششsix; lung
2Proto-Iranianšwáš—
3Proto-Indo-Iranianšwáćšsix
4Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian šwáćš →Every word from Proto-Iranian šwáš →