Where does “sekssproget” come from?

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

sekssproget (Danish): hexalingual

Definitions

  1. hexalingual

Ancestry of “sekssproget”, step by step

sekssproget traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish seks

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

via Danish sprog

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishsproglanguage
2Middle Low Germansprāke—
3Old Saxonsprākaspeech
4Proto-West Germanic*sprākuspeech, language
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs →Every word from Proto-Germanic sehs →Every word from Old Norse sex →