Where does “sixer” come from?

sixer (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.

sixer (English): A Cub Scout who leads a group of six

Definitions

  1. A Cub Scout who leads a group of six

Ancestry of “sixer”, step by step

sixer traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via English Six

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishSixintelligence service
2Middle Englishsixsix
3Old Englishsixsix
4Proto-West Germanicsehssix
5Proto-Germanicsehssix
6Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix

via English ER

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishERThe statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of...
2Turkisherearly; brave; man, male
3Ottoman Turkishایرsaddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal
4Old Anatolian Turkishایرearly, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event
5Proto-Turkicēdersaddle

via Hindi छक्का

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hindiछक्काany set of six; a eunuch; a male homosexual
2Sauraseni Prakrit𑀙𑀓𑁆𑀓
3Sanskritषट्क
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs