Where does “sekser” come from?

sekser (Danish) comes from Danish seks, from Old Norse sex, from Proto-Germanic sehs, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs — six.

sekser (Danish): six (in dice or cards)

Definitions

  1. six (in dice or cards)

Ancestry of “sekser”, step by step

sekser traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish seks

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishsekssix
2Old Norsesexsix
3Proto-Germanicsehssix
4Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix

via Danish er

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danisherpresent of være; are
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs →Every word from Proto-Germanic sehs →Every word from Old Norse sex →