Where does “sikisti” come from?
sikisti (Tok Pisin) comes from English sixty, from Middle English sixty, from Old English sixtiġ, from Proto-Germanic sehs tigiwiz — sixty.
sikisti (Tok Pisin): sixty
Ancestry of “sikisti”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | sixty | The cardinal number occurring after fifty-nine... |
| 2 | Middle English | sixty | — |
| 3 | Old English | sixtiġ | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | sehs tigiwiz | sixty |