Where does “sehs” come from?

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

sehs (Old High German): six

Definitions

  1. six

Ancestry of “sehs”, step by step

sehs traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic sehs

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

via West Germanic *sehs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1West Germanic*sehs—
2Germanic*sehs—

via Old High German seks

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanseks—

Words derived from “sehs”

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