SIX

In this Indo-European word for number six the rule is simple, namely initial or final "S" = "K" = "H" and that is the main difference between the languages from different branches.

SES- ZES-

Lithuanian: šeši

Latvian: seši

Kurdish: şeş

Old Church Slavonic: шесть ⱎⰵⱄⱅⱐ (šestĭ)

Bulgarian: шест (šest)

Macedonian: шест (šest)

Serbo-Croatian: ше̑ст, šȇst

Belarusian: шэсць (šescʹ)

Russian: шесть (šestʹ)

Slovene: šẹ̑st

Czech: šest

Kashubian: szesc

Polish: sześć

Slovak: šesť

Lower Sorbian: šesć

Upper Sorbian: šěsć

Persian: شش‎ (šeš)

Romansch: ses

Sardinian: ses

Piedmontese: ses

Lombard: sees

Aragonese: seis

West Frisian: seis

Spanish: seis

Papiamentu: seis

Old Portuguese: seis, seys

Galician: seis

Mirandese: seis

Old Occitan: seis

Occitan: sièis

Middle Dutch: ses

Afrikaans: ses

Middle Low German: ses, sēs

German Low German: sess

Dutch: zes

Limburgish: zès

Dutch Low Saxon: zes

West Flemish: zèsse

Zealandic: zes

SEK-

Latin: sex

Old Norse: sex

Icelandic: sex

Old Swedish: sæx, siæx

Swedish: sex

Old Danish: sæx

Faroese: seks

Norwegian: seks

Danish: seks

Elfdalian: sjäks

Old Gutnish: siex

Gutnish: siex, sex

Middle English: sex, cex

Old Frisian: sex

Saterland Frisian: säks

Cimbrian: sèkse, zèkse

Old English: siex, sex, seox

Scots: sex

Alemannic German: säks, säksch

Föhr-Amrum: seeks

Mooring: seeks

Wiedingharde: seeks

Tocharian А: ṣäk

SEH-

Old Dutch: sehs

Old High German: sehs

Old Saxon: sehs

Middle High German: sehs

German: sechs

Luxembourgish: sechs

Pennsylvania German: sechs

Hunsrik: sechs

Central Franconian: sechs, sähs

Alemannic German: sächs

SIK-

Norn: siks

Middle French: six

French: six

Norman: six

Old English: syx

Middle English: six

English: six

SIH-

Walloon: shijh

SIS-

Rusyn: шість (šistʹ)

Ukrainian: шість (šistʹ)

Polabian: sist

Polabian Drevani: sistareh

Old French: sis

Catalan: sis

Friulian: sîs

Romansch: sis

Middle English: sis

English: sice, sise, size

Old Polish: syz ("a chariot with six horses")

SIA

Scottish Gaelic: sia

SI

Dalmatian: si

HEK-

Ancient Greek: ἕξ (héx)

SEI-

Asturian: seis, seyes

Portuguese: seis, seys

Romansch: seis

Sicilian: sei

Venetian: sei

Italian: sei

Ligurian: sêi

Corsican: sei

Istriot: seije

Neapolitan: séje

Tarantino: sèje

Manx: shey

Portuguese: seix

SE

Kashmiri: शे (śē)

Old Irish: sé

Irish: sé

Emilian: sē, siē

SAI-

---> Aklanon: sais

---> Tagalog: sais

---> Japanese: サイス (saisu)

Kabuverdianu: sais

SAS-

Sanskrit: षष् (ṣáṣ)

Aromanian: shasi

Istro-Romanian: şåse

Megleno-Romanian: şasi

Romanian: șase

Baluchi: شش‎ (šaš)

Middle Persian: šaš

Persian: شش‎ (šaš)

Tajik: шаш (šaš)

Plautdietsch: sass

SAH-

Marathi: सहा (sahā)

Gothic: 𐍃𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍃 (saihs)

SAT-

Sanskrit: षट् (ṣáṭ)

SAKS

Scots: sax

Alemannic German: saks

SKAS

Tocharian В: ṣkas

SOKS

Sylt: soks

SOS

Helgoland: sös

German Low German: söß, söss, soss

K-

Breton: c'hwec'h

Welsh: chwech

H-

Assamese: সয (xoz)

Sinhalese: හය (haya)

HS-

Avestan: xṣ̌uuaš

CHA-

Gujarati: છ (cha)

Nepali: छ (cha)

Gujarati: છ (cha)

Hindi: छह (chah)

Urdu: چھہ‎ (chah)

Marwari: छः (chaḥ)

Hindi: छह (chah)

CHO-

Bengali: ছয় (chôy)

Oriya: ଛଅ (chôô)

CHE-

Punjabi: ਛੇ (cḥe)

EKS-

Greek: έξι (éxi)

WE-

Doric Greek: ϝέξ (wéx)

GJA-

Albanian: gjashtë

VEC- WEG-

Old Armenian: վեց (vecʿ)

Armenian: վեց (vecʿ)

Cornish: whegh

Article created on the 19th of May 2019.