Where does “soks” come from?

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

soks (North Frisian): six

Definitions

  1. six

Ancestry of “soks”, step by step

soks traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Frisian sex

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

via Old Norse sǫx

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsesǫxscissors; plural of {{m|non|sax}}
2Proto-Germanicsahsąa stone chip used for cutting; dagger, knife
3Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs →Every word from Proto-Germanic sehs →Every word from Old Frisian sex →