Where does “šesty” come from?

šesty (Upper Sorbian) comes from Proto-Slavic šestъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic śeśtas, from Proto-Indo-European sweḱstós — sixth.

šesty (Upper Sorbian): sixth

Definitions

  1. sixth

Ancestry of “šesty”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicšestъsixth
2Proto-Balto-Slavicśeśtas—
3Proto-Indo-Europeansweḱstóssixth
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sweḱstós →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic śeśtas →Every word from Proto-Slavic šestъ →