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**
< 5	6	7 >
Cardinal : swexs Ordinal* : *swexstos

*swexs

six

Descendants

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