sex
Old Norse
numeral
Definitions
- six
Etymology
Inherited 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
- Six Nations of the Grand River English
- hexa- English
- six English
- sixer English
- sixfold English
- sixgill English
- sixies English
- sixish English
- sixling English
- sixmo English
- sixness English
- sixpence English
- sixpenny English
- sixplex English
- sixscore English
- sixshooter English
- sixsome English
- sixty English
- 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
- zes Dutch, Flemish
- zesduizend Dutch, Flemish
- zesender Dutch, Flemish
- zeshoek Dutch, Flemish
- zeshonderd Dutch, Flemish
- zesjarig Dutch, Flemish
- zesmotorig Dutch, Flemish
- six French
- шесть Russian
- seis Spanish, Castilian
- ἑκκαιδέκατος Ancient Greek
- ἑξάκις Ancient Greek
- ἕκτος Ancient Greek
- ἕξ Ancient Greek
- *swéḱs Proto-Indo-European
- *wéḱs Proto-Indo-European
- seks Norwegian Bokmål
- seksdel Norwegian Bokmål
- sekskant Norwegian Bokmål
- sekskanta Norwegian Bokmål
- sekskantet Norwegian Bokmål
- seksmenning Norwegian Bokmål
- sekspakning Norwegian Bokmål
- *sehs Proto-Germanic
- *sehs tigiwiz Proto-Germanic
- sex Swedish
- シックス Japanese
- seks Norwegian Nynorsk
- seksdel Norwegian Nynorsk
- sekskant Norwegian Nynorsk
- sekskanta Norwegian Nynorsk
- seksmenning Norwegian Nynorsk
- sekspakning Norwegian Nynorsk
- siex Old English
- sixfeald Old English
- षष् Sanskrit
- sex Middle English
- six Middle English
- sextigi Old Norse
- heksaeder Danish
- seks Danish
- sekssproget Danish
- *šestь Proto-Slavic
- sex Icelandic
- छह Hindi
- վեց Armenian
- έξι Greek (modern)
- ses Middle Dutch
- sehs Old High German
- վեշտասան Old Armenian
- վեց Old Armenian
- վեցերեակ Old Armenian
- վեցերիր Old Armenian
- վեցերորդ Old Armenian
- վեցեքեան Old Armenian
- վեցեքին Old Armenian
- վեցիր Old Armenian
- վեցիցս Old Armenian
- վեցկին Old Armenian
- վեցհարիւր Old Armenian
- sis Ido
- ses Afrikaans
- seks Faroese
- seksmannafar Faroese
- sehs Middle High German
- sechs Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐍃𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍃 Gothic
- *sehs gmw-pro
- *ses Old Dutch
- ছয় Assamese
- *swexs Proto-Celtic
- ses Middle Low German
- *šwaćš Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *šwáćš Proto-Indo-Iranian
- sehs Old Saxon
- sæx Old Swedish
- *seks Proto-Italic
- *ṣwáṭṣ Proto-Indo-Aryan
- ছয় Bengali
- seis Western Frisian
- sex Old Frisian
- sess German Low German
- süss German Low German
- sikis Tok Pisin
- söss Low German
- *šéš Proto-Balto-Slavic
- sechs Central Franconian
- ṣkas Tocharian B
- sæx Old Danish
- zachs Vilamovian
- स Konkani
- सा Old Marathi
- shov Romani
- seeks North Frisian
- soks North Frisian
- sös North Frisian
- *hwéks Proto-Hellenic
- *eks₁w- Proto-Kartvelian
- sjäks Elfdalian
- sex Interlingua
- छ Nepali
- sikis Fanagalo
- ṣo Kalasha
- ṣäk Tocharian A
- ꠍꠄ Sylheti
- sikis Bislama
- ଛଅ Oriya
- شیہ Kashmiri
- seis Crimean Gothic
- só Rohingya
- 𐌔𐌄𐌇𐌔 Oscan
- 𐌔𐌄𐌇𐌔 Umbrian