Where does “six” come from?

six (Translingual) comes from English Six, from Middle English six, from Old English six, from Proto-West Germanic sehs, from Proto-Germanic sehs, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs — six.

six (Translingual): of the ICAO/NATO radiotelephony alphabet

Definitions

  1. of the ICAO/NATO radiotelephony alphabet

Ancestry of “six”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishSixintelligence service
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 →