Where does “boxcars” come from?

boxcars (English) comes from English six, from Middle English six, from Old English six, from Proto-West Germanic sehs, from Proto-Germanic sehs, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs — six.

boxcars (English): plural of boxcar; API pl; Double six in a dice...

Definitions

  1. plural of boxcar; API pl; Double six in a dice...

Ancestry of “boxcars”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsixA numerical value equal to 6; the number...
2Middle Englishsixsix
3Old Englishsixsix
4Proto-West Germanicsehssix
5Proto-Germanicsehssix
6Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs →Every word from Proto-Germanic sehs →Every word from Proto-West Germanic sehs →