Where does “sess” come from?

sess (German Low German) comes from Old Saxon sehs, from Proto-West Germanic sehs, from Proto-Germanic sehs, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs — six.

sess (German Low German): six

Definitions

  1. six

Ancestry of “sess”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxonsehssix
2Proto-West Germanicsehssix
3Proto-Germanicsehssix
4Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs →Every word from Proto-Germanic sehs →Every word from Proto-West Germanic sehs →