Where does “شەش” come from?

شەش (Central Kurdish) comes from Proto-Iranian xšwáš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian šwáćš, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs — six.

شەش (Central Kurdish): six; 6

Definitions

  1. six; 6

Ancestry of “شەش”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Iranianxšwášsix
2Proto-Indo-Iranianšwáćšsix
3Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian šwáćš →Every word from Proto-Iranian xšwáš →