Where does “șaisprezece” come from?

șaisprezece (Romanian) comes from Romanian șase, from Latin sex, from Proto-Italic seks, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs — six.

șaisprezece (Romanian): sixteen

Definitions

  1. sixteen

Ancestry of “șaisprezece”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianșasesix
2Latinsexsix; 6
3Proto-Italicsekssix
4Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix

Words derived from “șaisprezece”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs →Every word from Proto-Italic seks →Every word from Latin sex →