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Where does “sekstan” come from?

sekstan (Faroese) comes from Dutch Sextant, from Latin sextāns, from Latin sex, from Proto-Italic seks, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs — six.

sekstan (Faroese): sixteen, cardinal number after fimtan and before...

Definitions

  1. sixteen, cardinal number after fimtan and before...

Ancestry of “sekstan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchSextant—
2Latinsextāns—
3Latinsexsix; 6
4Proto-Italicsekssix
5Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix
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