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Words for six<\/strong> and related things in Celtic languages:<\/p>\n

\"Six\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Proto-Celtic<\/th>\n*swexs<\/strong> = six
\n*suexos<\/strong> = sixth<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Old Irish (Go\u00eddelc)<\/th>\ns\u00e9<\/strong> [s\u02b2e\u02d0] = six
\nseisser<\/strong> = six people
\ns\u00e9da<\/strong> = six things
\nseissed<\/strong> [\u02c8s\u02b2es\u02b2e\u00f0] = sixth
\nsesca<\/strong> [\u02c8s\u02b2eska] = sixty<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Middle Irish (Gaoidhealg)<\/th>\ns\u00e9, se, s\u0113<\/strong> = six
\nseisser, seissiur, seissir<\/strong> = six people
\nseissed, sesset, sesedh, seisedh<\/strong> = sixth, one of six
\ns\u00e9 d\u00e9c<\/strong> = sixteen
\nsesca, sescot, sescat<\/strong> = sixty<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Irish (Gaeilge)<\/th>\ns\u00e9<\/strong> [\u0283e\u02d0\/\u0283\u025b\/\u0283\u0259]= six
\n(an) se\u00fa<\/strong> = sixth
\nseisear<\/strong> = six people
\ns\u00e9 d\u00e9ag<\/strong> = sixteen
\nseasca<\/strong> = sixty<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Scottish Gaelic (G\u00e0idhlig)<\/th>\nsia<\/strong> [\u0283ia] = six
\n(an) siathamh<\/strong> [\u0283i\u0259.\u0259v] (6\u1d50\u02b0) = sixth (6\u1d57\u02b0)
\nsianar<\/strong> [\u0283ian\u0259r] = six people
\nsia deug<\/strong> = sixteen
\nseasgad<\/strong> [\u0283esg\u0259d] = sixty
\nsia-che\u00e0rnach<\/strong> = hexagon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Manx (Gaelg)<\/th>\nshey<\/strong> = six, sextet
\nsheyoo, (yn) \u00e7heyoo<\/strong> = sixth
\nshey jeig<\/strong> = sixteen
\nshey jeigoo<\/strong> = sixteenth
\nshey keayrtyn<\/strong> = sextuple, six times
\nshey pingyn<\/strong> = sixpence<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gaulish<\/th>\nsuex<\/strong> = six
\nsuexos<\/strong> = sixth<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Proto-Brythonic<\/th>\n*hwex<\/strong> [\u02c8hw\u025b\u02d0x] = six
\n*hwexed<\/strong> [hw\u025b\u02c8x\u025b\u02d0d] = sixth<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cumbric<\/th>\nsethera, hither<\/strong> = six<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Old Welsh<\/th>\nchwech<\/strong> = six<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Middle Welsh (Kymraec)<\/th>\nchwech, whech, whe, hwech, chwe<\/strong> = six
\nhhuechet, cchuehet, chwechet, whechet<\/strong> = sixth<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Welsh (Cymraeg)<\/th>\nchwech<\/strong> [\u03c7we\u02d0\u03c7\/hwe\u02d0\u03c7] = six, sixpence
\nchweched<\/strong> (6ed) [\u02c8\u03c7w\u025b\u03c7\u025bd\/\u02c8\u03c7w\u025b\u03c7ad] = sixth
\nchwedeg<\/strong> = sixty
\nchwedegfed<\/strong> = sixieth
\nchwechant<\/strong> = six hundred
\nchwecheiniog<\/strong> = sixpenny bit, sixpence<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Middle Cornish (Cernewec)<\/th>\nhuih, hweh, wh\u00e9h<\/strong> = six
\nhweffas, wheffes<\/strong> = sixth
\nwhehdeg<\/strong> = sixteen
\nwhehdegvas<\/strong> = sixteenth<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cornish (Kernewek)<\/th>\nhwegh<\/strong> = six
\nhweghves, hweffes<\/strong> = sixth
\nhwetek<\/strong> = sixteen
\nhwetegves<\/strong> = sixteenth
\nhweghmis<\/strong> = semester<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Old Breton (Brethonoc)<\/th>\nchouech<\/strong> = six<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Middle Breton (Brezonec)<\/th>\nhuech, huec, c’huec’h, chouech, hueh<\/strong> = six
\nhuechuet, huehuet, c’huec’hved<\/strong> = sixth
\nc’huezec, c’houezek<\/strong> = sixteen
\nc’houezekved<\/strong> = sixteenth<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Breton (Brezhoneg)<\/th>\nc\u2019hwec\u2019h<\/strong> [\u02c8xw\u025bx] = six
\nc\u2019hwec\u2019hvet<\/strong> = sixth
\nc\u2019hwezek<\/strong> = sixteen
\nc\u2019hwezekvet<\/strong> = sixteenth
\nc\u2019hwec\u2019h-ugent<\/strong> = 120 (6*20)
\nc\u2019hwec\u2019h-kement<\/strong> = sextuple
\nc\u2019hwec\u2019h-kogn<\/strong> = hexagon
\nc\u2019hwec\u2019h-miz<\/strong> = semester<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Etymology<\/strong>: from Proto-Indo-European sw\u00e9\u1e31s<\/em> (six). Words from the same PIE root include six<\/strong>, sextuple<\/strong>, and words beginning with hex-<\/strong>, such as hexagon<\/strong> in English, and words for six in other Indo-European languages [source<\/a>].<\/p>\n

Sources: Wiktionary<\/a>, Am Faclair Beag<\/a>, Online Manx Dictionary<\/a>, Teanglann.ie<\/a>, eDIL – Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language<\/a>, In D\u00fail B\u00e9lrai English – Old Irish glossary<\/a>, Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru<\/a>, Gerlyver Kernewek<\/a>, Gerlyvyr Cernewec<\/a>, Dictionaire Favereau<\/a>, TermOfis<\/a>, Le dictionnaire diachronique du breton<\/a>, Geriafurch<\/a>, English – ProtoCeltic WordList<\/a> (PDF), Etymological Dictionary Of Proto Celtic<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Words for six and related things in Celtic languages: Proto-Celtic *swexs = six *suexos = sixth Old Irish (Go\u00eddelc) s\u00e9 [s\u02b2e\u02d0] = six seisser = six people s\u00e9da = six things seissed [\u02c8s\u02b2es\u02b2e\u00f0] = sixth sesca [\u02c8s\u02b2eska] = sixty Middle Irish (Gaoidhealg) s\u00e9, se, s\u0113 = six seisser, seissiur, seissir = six people seissed, sesset, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,16,26,128,19,20,25,21,3,22,5,6,37,7,27,127,8,10,40,11,12,13,23,18,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adjectives","category-breton","category-kernewek-cornish","category-cumbric","category-english","category-etymology","category-gaulish","category-gaeilge-irish","category-language","category-gaelg-manx","category-middle-breton","category-middle-cornish","category-middle-irish","category-middle-welsh-kymraec","category-nouns","category-numbers","category-old-breton","category-old-irish-goidelc","category-old-welsh","category-proto-brythonic","category-proto-celtic","category-proto-indo-european","category-gaidhlig-scottish-gaelic","category-cymraeg-welsh","category-words"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7301"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7301\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7328,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7301\/revisions\/7328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}