Etymology of the English word six
the English word
sixderived from the Proto-Germanic root
*sekhsDerivations in English
deep-six,
sixpenny,
sixth,
sixfold,
sixpenceCognates
Dutch
zes, Dutch
seks, English
sex, French
sexe, French
six, German
sechs, German
Sex, Icelandic
sex, Italian
sesso, Italian
sei, Latin
sex, Latin
sexus, Lithuanian
šeši, Norwegian
sex, Polish
szes, Portuguese
seis, Provençal
seis, Russian
шесть, Spanish
seis, Spanish
sexo, Swedish
sex, Yiddish
zeksUsage
Word found in Modern English