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

sekstan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch Sextant

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchSextantSextans
2Latinsextānsa sixth
3Latinsexsix; 6
4Proto-Italicsekssix
5Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix

via Old Norse sextán

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsesextánsixteen
2Proto-Germanicsehstehunsixteen
3Proto-Germanictehunten
4Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥tten
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs →Every word from Proto-Italic seks →Every word from Latin sex →