Where does “Sechsflächner” come from?

Sechsflächner (German) comes from German Flächen, from German -en, from Middle High German -en, from Old High German -īn, from Proto-Germanic -īnaz, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos, from Proto-Indo-European -no- — adjectival suffix.

Sechsflächner (German): hexahedron

Definitions

  1. hexahedron

Ancestry of “Sechsflächner”, step by step

Sechsflächner traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Flächen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanFlächenplural of Fläche; area
2German-enA suffix of verbs in their infinitive form; A...
3Middle High German-en—
4Old High German-īn—
5Proto-Germanic-īnaz-en
6Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
7Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix

via German sechs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germansechssix
2Middle High Germansehs—
3Old High Germansehssix
4Proto-West Germanicsehssix
5Proto-Germanicsehssix
6Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -no- →Every word from German -en →Every word from Proto-Germanic -īnaz →