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

Definitions

  1. six

Ancestry of “seis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueseseissix
2Old Portugueseseis—
3Latinsexsix; 6
4Proto-Italicsekssix
5Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs →Every word from Proto-Italic seks →Every word from Latin sex →