Etymology Explorer › Old Swedish

Where does “sæx” come from?

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

sæx (Old Swedish): six

Definitions

  1. six

Ancestry of “sæx”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsesexsix
2Proto-Germanicsehssix
3Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix

Words derived from “sæx”

  • sexa
  • sexhörning
  • sex
  • sexuell
  • svensexa
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs →