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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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishSix—
2Middle Englishsixsix
3Old Englishsix—
4Proto-West Germanicsehssix
5Proto-Germanicsehssix
6Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs →