sixty

Betekenis (Engels)

Num

The cardinal number occurring after fifty-nine and before sixty-one, represented in Roman numerals as LX and in Arabic numerals as 60.

Noun

A commercial lasting 60 seconds.

Sinonieme

threescore

60

lx

LX

Vertalings

soixante

60

sechzig

60

sessanta

60

sesenta

60

zestig

60

εξήντα

sexaginta

60

sessenta

60

seixanta

60

altmış

60

ستون

60

seissanta

şêst

سِتُّونَ

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈsɪkstɪ/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: sixty

Geërf van Old English: sixtiġ

Verwante met Skots: sexty

Verwante met Saterfriesisch: säkstich

Verwante met Fries: sechstich

Verwante met Nederlands: zestig

Verwante met Duits: sechzig

Verwante met Sweeds: sextio

Verwante met Noors: seksti

Verwante met Yslands: sextíu

Verwante met Sanskrit: षष्टि

In summary

Inherited from Middle English sixty, sexty, Old English sixtiġ, from Proto-Germanic *sehs tigiwiz (“sixty”), equivalent to six + -ty. Cognate with Scots sexty, saxty (“sixty”), Saterland Frisian säkstich (“sixty”), West Frisian sechstich (“sixty”), Dutch zestig (“sixty”), German Low German sesstig (“sixty”), German sechzig (“sixty”), Swedish sextio (“sixty”), Norwegian seksti (“sixty”), Icelandic sextíu (“sixty”). Compare also Sanskrit षष्टि (ṣaṣṭi).