Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/šéš

This Proto-Balto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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-Balto-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs. The initial consonant was assimilated to the final one.

Numeral

*šéš [1][2]

six

Descendants

Latvian: seši
Lithuanian: šešì
⇒ Slavic: *šȅstь (< *šeš-ti) (see there for further descendants)

References

Derksen, Rick (2008), “*šȇstь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 487: “*ṣeṣ”
Derksen, Rick (2015), “šeši”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 446: “*ṣeṣ”

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[1] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*šȇstь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 487: “*ṣeṣ”

[2] Derksen, Rick (2015), “šeši”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 446: “*ṣeṣ”