Unnumbered source etymology · variant 1/2
Original entry ↗A group or set with six elements. · The digit or figure 6. · A playing card featuring six pips. · A person who is six years old.
PIE word *swéḱs From Middle English six, from Old English six, from Proto-West Germanic *sehs, from Proto-Germanic *sehs, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs. Compare West Frisian seis, Dutch zes, Low German söss, sess, German sechs, Norwegian and Danish seks, also Latin sex, Ancient Greek ἕξ (héx), Sanskrit षष् (ṣaṣ). Doublet of sice. Toilet sense predates military usage.
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- Inherited-form mentionsixenm
- Inherited-form mentionsixang
- Inherited-form mention*sehsgmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*sehsgem-pro
- Inherited-form mention*swéḱsine-pro
- Cognate mentionseisfy
- Cognate mentionzesnl
- Cognate mentionsössnds
- Cognate mentionsechsde
- Cognate mentionseksda
- Cognate mentionsexla
- Cognate mentionἕξgrc
- Cognate mentionषष्sa
- Doublet mentionsiceen
This page abbreviates 6 auxiliary source items. The etymology narrative is not shortened. Omission counts are available in the audit fields below; consult the original for complete auxiliary material.
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"A group or set with six elements.",
"The digit or figure 6.",
"A playing card featuring six pips.",
"A person who is six years old."
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