Where does “six” come from?

six (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic sehs, from Proto-Germanic sehs, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs — six.

six (Old English): six

Definitions

  1. six

Ancestry of “six”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicsehssix
2Proto-Germanicsehssix
3Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix

Words derived from “six”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs →Every word from Proto-Germanic sehs →Every word from Proto-West Germanic sehs →
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