Where does “sechsflächig” come from?

sechsflächig (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.

sechsflächig (German): hexahedral

Definitions

  1. hexahedral

Ancestry of “sechsflächig”, step by step

sechsflächig 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 flächig

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanflächigflat, planar; extensive
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs →Every word from Proto-Germanic sehs →Every word from Proto-West Germanic sehs →