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

Sechszylinder 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 Zylinder

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanZylindercylinder; top hat
2Latincylindruscylinder; a roller; a cylindrical stone for...
3Ancient Greekκύλινδροςround stone, tumbler, marble; roller, cylinder;...
4Ancient GreekκυλίνδωI roll, turn over
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs →Every word from Proto-Germanic sehs →Every word from Proto-West Germanic sehs →