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Where does “xšwáš” come from?

xšwáš (Proto-Iranian) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian šwáćš, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs — six.

Ancestry of “xšwáš”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Iranianšwáćšsix
2Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix

Words derived from “xšwáš”

  • ухш
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