Where does “sexton” come from?

sexton (Swedish) comes from Old Swedish sæxtan, from Old Norse sextán, from Proto-Germanic sehstehun, from Proto-Germanic tehun, from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t — ten.

sexton (Swedish): sixteen

Definitions

  1. sixteen

Ancestry of “sexton”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Swedishsæxtansixteen
2Old Norsesextánsixteen
3Proto-Germanicsehstehunsixteen
4Proto-Germanictehunten
5Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥tten

Words derived from “sexton”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t →Every word from Proto-Germanic tehun →Every word from Proto-Germanic sehstehun →