Where does “six” come from?

Six comes from Old English siex, from Proto-Germanic sehs, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs, the number between five and seven.

six (English): A numerical value equal to 6; the number...

Definitions

  1. A numerical value equal to 6; the number...

Ancestry of “six”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishsixsix
2Old Englishsixsix
3Proto-West Germanicsehssix
4Proto-Germanicsehssix
5Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix

Words derived from “six”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs →Every word from Proto-Germanic sehs →Every word from Proto-West Germanic sehs →