Where does “șaisprezecime” come from?

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

șaisprezecime (Romanian): sixteenth one of sixteen equal parts of a whole

Definitions

  1. sixteenth one of sixteen equal parts of a whole

Ancestry of “șaisprezecime”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianșaisprezecesixteen
2Romanianșasesix
3Latinsexsix; 6
4Proto-Italicsekssix
5Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs →Every word from Proto-Italic seks →Every word from Latin sex →