Where does “sekst” come from?

sekst (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Latin sexta, from Latin Sextus, from Latin sex, from Proto-Italic seks, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs — six.

sekst (Norwegian Nynorsk): a sixth interval or tone in music

Definitions

  1. a sixth interval or tone in music

Ancestry of “sekst”, step by step

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