Where does “heksa-” come from?

heksa- (Finnish) comes from Latin hexa-, from Ancient Greek ἑξα-, from Ancient Greek ἕξ, from Proto-Hellenic hwéks, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs — six.

heksa- (Finnish): hexa-

Definitions

  1. hexa-

Ancestry of “heksa-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinhexa-hexa
2Ancient Greekἑξα-Forming compound words with the sense of "six"
3Ancient Greekἕξsix
4Proto-Hellenichwékscardinal...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix

Words derived from “heksa-”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs →Every word from Ancient Greek ἑξα- →Every word from Proto-Hellenic hwéks →