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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 Englishsix—
2Proto-West Germanicsehssix
3Proto-Germanicsehssix
4Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix

Words derived from “six”

  • six
  • sixpence
  • sax
  • sixpenny
  • boxcars
  • exes
  • sixshooter
  • sixpennyworth
  • sixscore
  • sixer
  • sixgill
  • saxist
  • saxman
  • sixish
  • sixsome
  • sixness
  • sixplex
  • sixmo
  • sixies
  • sixling
  • saxtuba
  • サックス
  • シックス
  • sex
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