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Where does “seeks” come from?

seeks (North Frisian) comes from Old Frisian sex, from Proto-Germanic sehs, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs — six.

seeks (North Frisian): six

Definitions

  1. six

Ancestry of “seeks”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frisiansexsix
2Proto-Germanicsehssix
3Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix
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