sechs
Central Franconian
/zɛks/
numeral
Definitions
- (most dialects) six
Etymology
Borrowed from German sechs (six) derived from Old High German sehs derived from Proto-Germanic *sehs derived from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs (six).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*swéḱs
Gloss
six
Concept
Semantic Field
Quantity
Ontological Category
Number
Kanji
六
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- sex Latin
- Sechser German
- Sechszylinder German
- Zwölfer German
- sechs German
- sechsarmig German
- sechsflächig German
- sechsfüßig German
- sechsköpfig German
- sechsmal German
- sechsminütig German
- sechsmonatig German
- sechsmonatlich German
- sechsprozentig German
- sechsseitig German
- sechsstellig German
- sechsstrahlig German
- sechsstündig German
- sechstägig German
- sechsundachtzig German
- sechsundneunzig German
- sechswertig German
- sechswöchig German
- six French
- шесть Russian
- seis Spanish, Castilian
- *swéḱs Proto-Indo-European
- *sehs Proto-Germanic
- siex Old English
- षष् Sanskrit
- sex Old Norse
- *šestь Proto-Slavic
- sehs Old High German
- sehs Middle High German
- sechs Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐍃𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍃 Gothic
- *sehs gmw-pro
- *ses Old Dutch
- *swexs Proto-Celtic
- *šwaćš Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *šwáćš Proto-Indo-Iranian
- sehs Old Saxon
- *seks Proto-Italic
- sex Old Frisian
- *šéš Proto-Balto-Slavic
- ṣkas Tocharian B
- zachs Vilamovian
- *hwéks Proto-Hellenic
- *eks₁w- Proto-Kartvelian
- ṣäk Tocharian A
- seis Crimean Gothic
- 𐌔𐌄𐌇𐌔 Oscan
- 𐌔𐌄𐌇𐌔 Umbrian