Where does “seis” come from?
seis (Guinea-Bissau Creole) comes from Portuguese seis, from Old Portuguese seis, from Latin sex, from Proto-Italic seks, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs — six.
seis (Guinea-Bissau Creole): six
Ancestry of “seis”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | seis | six |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | seis | — |
| 3 | Latin | sex | six; 6 |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | seks | six |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | swéḱs | six |