Etymology Explorer › Old Irish

Where does “se” come from?

se (Old Irish) comes from Proto-Celtic swexs, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs — six.

se (Old Irish): six

Definitions

  1. six

Ancestry of “se”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celticswexssix
2Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix

Words derived from “se”

  • sia
  • sia deug
  • shey
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