Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/swexs

This Proto-Celtic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Celtic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs.

Numeral

Proto-Celtic cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : *swexs     Ordinal : *swexstos

*swexs

1. six

Descendants

• Brythonic: *hwex
  • Breton: c'hwec'h
  • Cornish: whegh
  • Welsh: chwech
• Old Irish: sé
  • Irish: sé
  • Manx: shey
  • Scottish Gaelic: sia