Where does “şeş” come from?
şeş (Kurdish) comes from Proto-Iranian šwáš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian šwáćš, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs — six.
şeş (Kurdish): six
Ancestry of “şeş”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Iranian | šwáš | — |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | šwáćš | six |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | swéḱs | six |