Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/šestь

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.

See also: Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/šestъ

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

From Pre-Slavic *šešti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *šéš, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs, with -t- taken over from the ordinal *šestъ.

Noun

Proto-Slavic numbers ^(edit)

	60
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Cardinal: *šestь     Ordinal: *šestъ     Adverbial: *šestь kortь     Multiplier: *šesterъnъ, *šestь kortьnъ     Collective: *šestero     Fractional: *šestina

*šȅstь f

1. six

Declension

Declension of *šestь (consonant stem)

Case	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*šestь	—	—
Accusative	*šestь	—	—
Genitive	*šeste	—	—
Locative	*šeste	—	—
Dative	*šesti	—	—
Instrumental	*šestьjǫ	—	—
Vocative	—	—	—

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: шесть (šestĭ)
    • Old Ruthenian: шесть (šestʹ)
      • Middle Belarusian: шэсть (šestʹ)
        • Belarusian: шэсць (šescʹ); шэсьць (šesʹcʹ)
      • Middle Ukrainian: шѣсть (šistʹ)
        • Carpathian Rusyn: шість (šistʹ)
        • Ukrainian: шість (šistʹ)
    • Russian: шесть (šestʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:
    • Old Cyrillic script: шесть (šestĭ)
    • Glagolitic script: ⱎⰵⱄⱅⱐ (šestĭ)
  • Bulgarian: шест (šest)
  • Macedonian: шест (šest)
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    • Cyrillic script: ше̑ст
    • Latin script: šȇst
  • Slovene: šẹ̑st (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: šest
    • Czech: šest
  • Old Polish: sześć, szeć
    • Polish: sześć
    • Silesian: sześć
  • Old Slovak: šesť
    • Pannonian Rusyn: шейсц (šejsc)
    • Slovak: šesť
  • Polabian: sist
  • Pomeranian:
    • Kashubian: szesc
    • Slovincian: szêsc
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: šesć
    • Upper Sorbian: šěsć