Where does “seks” come from?

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

seks (Faroese): six, cardinal numeral after fimm and before sjey

Definitions

  1. six, cardinal numeral after fimm and before sjey

Ancestry of “seks”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsesexsix
2Proto-Germanicsehssix
3Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix

Words derived from “seks”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs →Every word from Proto-Germanic sehs →Every word from Old Norse sex →