seks (Norwegian Nynorsk)
Where does "seks" come from?
The Norwegian word 'seks' traces its roots back to the ancient Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs. It evolved through the Germanic language family as *sehs, eventually becoming the Old Norse 'sex' before settling into its modern Norwegian form.
Full etymology tree
- seks (Norwegian Nynorsk), 'six'
- inherited sex (Old Norse), 'six'
- inherited *sehs (Proto-Germanic), 'six'
- derived *swehs (Proto-Germanic)
- derived *swéḱs (Proto-Indo-European), 'six'
- derived *swehs (Proto-Germanic)
- inherited *sehs (Proto-Germanic), 'six'
- inherited sex (Old Norse), 'six'
Ancestors
- sex (Old Norse)
Descendants and derived words
- seksdel (Norwegian Nynorsk)
- sekskant (Norwegian Nynorsk)
- sekskanta (Norwegian Nynorsk)
- sekspakning (Norwegian Nynorsk)
Updated July 2026
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