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Where does “sikkerhed” come from?

sikkerhed (Danish) comes from Danish sikker, from Middle Low German seker, from Old Saxon sikur, from Proto-West Germanic sikur, from Latin sēcūrus, from Latin sē-, from Latin sex, from Proto-Italic seks — six.

sikkerhed (Danish): safety

Definitions

  1. safety

Ancestry of “sikkerhed”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishsikkersafe, secure; sure, certain
2Middle Low Germanseker—
3Old Saxonsikur—
4Proto-West Germanicsikursecure, safe; sure, certain
5Latinsēcūrus—
6Latinsē-—
7Latinsexsix; 6
8Proto-Italicsekssix
9Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix

Words derived from “sikkerhed”

  • sikkerhedsvagt
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs →