Etymology Explorer › Middle High German

Where does “sehs” come from?

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

Ancestry of “sehs”, step by step

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