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Where does “Sechszylinder” come from?

Sechszylinder (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.

Sechszylinder (German): an engine with six cylinders; six-cylinder...

Definitions

  1. an engine with six cylinders; six-cylinder...

Ancestry of “Sechszylinder”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germansechssix
2Middle High Germansehs—
3Old High Germansehssix
4Proto-West Germanicsehssix
5Proto-Germanicsehssix
6Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs →