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Where does “(x)šwáš” come from?
(x)šwáš (Proto-Iranian) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian šwáćš, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs — six.
Ancestry of “(x)šwáš”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Proto-Indo-Iranian
šwáćš
six
2
Proto-Indo-European
swéḱs
six
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