Where does “sechs” come from?

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

sechs (Pennsylvania German): six

Definitions

  1. six

Ancestry of “sechs”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germansehssix
2Proto-West Germanicsehssix
3Proto-Germanicsehssix
4Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs →Every word from Proto-Germanic sehs →Every word from Proto-West Germanic sehs →