Where does “sekstantti” come from?

sekstantti (Finnish) comes from Swedish sextant, from Latin sextāns, from Latin sex, from Proto-Italic seks, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs — six.

sekstantti (Finnish): sextant

Definitions

  1. sextant

Ancestry of “sekstantti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishsextanta sextant
2Latinsextānsa sixth
3Latinsexsix; 6
4Proto-Italicsekssix
5Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs →Every word from Proto-Italic seks →Every word from Latin sex →