Where does “sex” come from?

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

sex (Old Norse): six

Definitions

  1. six

Ancestry of “sex”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicsehssix
2Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix

Words derived from “sex”

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