Time & numbers

six

Source:*šestьProto-Slaviccertain

Ukrainian e became і in the syllable closed by the lost final yer: шість.

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English

six

Polish

sześć

ʂɛɕtɕ

Cognate· distant (Indo-European)Same source — the sound laws connect them.

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Latin under Cyrillic

Russian
шестьšestʹ
ʂɛsʲtʲinherited
Ukrainian
шістьšistʹ
ʃistʲinherited
Polish
sześć
ʂɛɕtɕinherited
Czech
šest
ʃɛstinherited
Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
šestшест
ʃestinherited
English
six
Distant English relative — Six and šest share the Indo-European numeral *swéḱs.