Where does “fälschungssicher” come from?

fälschungssicher (German) comes from German sicher, from Middle High German siher, from Old High German sihur, from Proto-West Germanic sikur, from Latin sēcūrus, from Latin sē-, from Latin sex, from Proto-Italic seks — six.

fälschungssicher (German): unforgeable

Definitions

  1. unforgeable

Ancestry of “fälschungssicher”, step by step

fälschungssicher traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German sicher

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germansichersafe, secure; sure, certain; safely
2Middle High Germansiher—
3Old High Germansihur—
4Proto-West Germanicsikursecure, safe; sure, certain
5Latinsēcūruscareless, negligent
6Latinsē-apart-; aside-; away
7Latinsexsix; 6
8Proto-Italicsekssix
9Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix

via German Fälschung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanFälschungcounterfeit, forgery
2German-ung-ing; "forms nouns from verbs, usually describing...
3Middle High German-ung—
4Old High German-unga-ing
5Proto-Germanic-ungō-ing, -ion. "Forms gerund nouns from verbs."
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs →Every word from Latin sē- →Every word from Proto-Italic seks →