Where does “sjäks” come from?

sjäks (Elfdalian) comes from Old Norse sex, from Proto-Germanic sehs, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs — six.

sjäks (Elfdalian): six

Definitions

  1. six

Ancestry of “sjäks”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsesexsix
2Proto-Germanicsehssix
3Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs →Every word from Proto-Germanic sehs →Every word from Old Norse sex →