Where does “sechzig” come from?

sechzig (German) comes from Middle High German sehzec, from Old High German sehszug, from Proto-Germanic sehs tigiwiz — sixty.

sechzig (German): sixty

Definitions

  1. sixty

Ancestry of “sechzig”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germansehzec
2Old High Germansehszug
3Proto-Germanicsehs tigiwizsixty

Words derived from “sechzig

Every word from Proto-Germanic sehs tigiwiz
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