Where does “sekskanta” come from?

sekskanta (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk seks, from Old Norse sex, from Proto-Germanic sehs, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs — six.

sekskanta (Norwegian Nynorsk): hexagonal

Definitions

  1. hexagonal

Ancestry of “sekskanta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorsksekssix
2Old Norsesexsix
3Proto-Germanicsehssix
4Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs →Every word from Proto-Germanic sehs →Every word from Old Norse sex →