Where does “sechsminütig” come from?

sechsminütig (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.

sechsminütig (German): six-minute

Definitions

  1. six-minute

Ancestry of “sechsminütig”, step by step

sechsminütig 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 minute

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanminuteminute unit of time; unit of angle
2Latinminūtusdiminished, having been diminished
3Proto-Italicminwō—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs →Every word from Proto-Germanic sehs →Every word from Proto-West Germanic sehs →