Where does “sesta-feira” come from?

sesta-feira (Mirandese) comes from Latin feria sexta, from Latin sexta, from Latin Sextus, from Latin sex, from Proto-Italic seks, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs — six.

sesta-feira (Mirandese): Friday

Definitions

  1. Friday

Ancestry of “sesta-feira”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinferia sextaFriday
2LatinsextaNoon, reckoned as the sixth hour of daylight;...
3LatinSextusparticularly popular in Gaul. (Occasionally also found as a cognomen.) In particular
4Latinsexsix; 6
5Proto-Italicsekssix
6Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs →