Where does “six” come from?

six (Middle English) comes from Old English six, from Proto-West Germanic sehs, from Proto-Germanic sehs, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs — six.

six (Middle English): six

Definitions

  1. six

Ancestry of “six”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishsixsix
2Proto-West Germanicsehssix
3Proto-Germanicsehssix
4Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix

Words derived from “six”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs →