Where does “षट्षष्टि” come from?
षट्षष्टि (Sanskrit) comes from Sanskrit षष्, from Proto-Indo-Aryan ṣwáṭṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian šwáćš, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs — six.
Ancestry of “षट्षष्टि”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Sanskrit | षष् | six |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | ṣwáṭṣ | six |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | šwáćš | six |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | swéḱs | six |