Where does “sechs” come from?

sechs (Translingual) comes from German sechs, from Middle High German sehs, from Old High German sehs, from Proto-West Germanic sehs, from Proto-Germanic sehs, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs — six.

sechs (Translingual): Spoken by a player during a match with one or more visually impaired players to indicate the sixth rank in algebraic notation

Definitions

  1. Spoken by a player during a match with one or more visually impaired players to indicate the sixth rank in algebraic notation

Ancestry of “sechs”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germansechssix
2Middle High Germansehs
3Old High Germansehssix
4Proto-West Germanicsehssix
5Proto-Germanicsehssix
6Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱsEvery word from Proto-Germanic sehsEvery word from Proto-West Germanic sehs