siex
Old English
Alternative forms
- sex, seox, syx
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *sehs, whence also Old Frisian sex, Old Saxon sehs, Middle Dutch sesse (Dutch zes), Old High German sehs (German sechs), Old Norse sex (Swedish sex), Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍃 (saihs). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs, cognate with Ancient Greek ἕξ (héx), Latin sex, Old Irish sē (Irish sé), Proto-Slavic *šestь (Russian шесть (šestʹ)).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /siy̯ks/, /sie̯ks/
Numeral
siex
- (West Saxon) (cardinal) six
Related terms
- syxta
Descendants
- Middle English: six, sex, cex
- English: six
- Scots: sex, sax
- Yola: zeese