Where does “Sechstausendstel” come from?

Sechstausendstel (German) comes from German sechs, from Middle High German sehs, from Old High German sehs, from Proto-West Germanic sehs, from Proto-Germanic sehs, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs — six.

Sechstausendstel (German): six-thousandth

Definitions

  1. six-thousandth

Ancestry of “Sechstausendstel”, step by step

Sechstausendstel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German sechs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germansechssix
2Middle High Germansehs
3Old High Germansehssix
4Proto-West Germanicsehssix
5Proto-Germanicsehssix
6Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix

via German tausendstel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germantausendstelthousandth (thousandth part of)
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱsEvery word from Proto-Germanic sehsEvery word from Proto-West Germanic sehs