Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/šestъ

This Proto-Slavic 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-Slavic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Balto-Slavic *seśtas, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sweḱstós (ordinal form of *swéḱs). Cognate with Lithuanian šẽštas (sixth) Latvian sȩstais (sixth), Old Prussian wuschts, usts, uschts (sixth), Sanskrit षष्ठ (ṣaṣṭha, sixth).

Per Derksen, the oldest Proto-Balto-Slavic form may have been *uśtas (perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *wéḱs > PIE *weḱstós) on the strength of the Old Prussian evidence, with *seśtas a later development influenced by *šeš (six). otherwise, the Old Prussian forms derives from the loss of initial *s- from Proto-Balto-Slavic.

Adjective

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Proto-Slavic numbers (edit)
 ←  5 6 7  → 
    Cardinal: *šestь
    Ordinal: *šestъ
    Adverbial: *šestь kortь
    Multiplier: *šesterъnъ, *šestь kortьnъ
    Collective: *šestero
    Fractional: *šestina

*šȅstъ[1]

  1. sixth

Declension

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Accent paradigm c.

Descendants

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References

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