Where does “षष्टि” come from?

षष्टि (Sanskrit) comes from Proto-Indo-Aryan ṣwaṭṣHtí, from Proto-Indo-Iranian šwaćšHtí, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱsh₁ḱomt — six-ten.

षष्टि (Sanskrit): sixty

Definitions

  1. sixty

Ancestry of “षष्टि”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-AryanṣwaṭṣHtí—
2Proto-Indo-IranianšwaćšHtí—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱsh₁ḱomtsix-ten

Words derived from “षष्टि”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱsh₁ḱomt →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian šwaćšHtí →Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan ṣwaṭṣHtí →