Where does “sax” come from?

sax (Scots) comes from Middle English sex, from Middle English six, from Old English six, from Proto-West Germanic sehs, from Proto-Germanic sehs, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs — six.

sax (Scots): six

Definitions

  1. six

Ancestry of “sax”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishsexsex; Alternative form of sax; Alternative form of...
2Middle Englishsixsix
3Old Englishsixsix
4Proto-West Germanicsehssix
5Proto-Germanicsehssix
6Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs →Every word from Proto-Germanic sehs →Every word from Proto-West Germanic sehs →