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Where does “sikkerhedsvagt” come from?

sikkerhedsvagt (Danish) comes from Danish sikkerhed, 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 — six.

sikkerhedsvagt (Danish): security guard

Definitions

  1. security guard

Ancestry of “sikkerhedsvagt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishsikkerhedsafety
2Danishsikkersafe, secure; sure, certain
3Middle Low Germanseker—
4Old Saxonsikur—
5Proto-West Germanicsikursecure, safe; sure, certain
6Latinsēcūrus—
7Latinsē-—
8Latinsexsix; 6
9Proto-Italicsekssix
10Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix
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