Where does “sikkerhetsnål” come from?

sikkerhetsnål (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål sikkerhet, from Norwegian Bokmål sikker, from Danish sikker, from Middle Low German seker, from Old Saxon sikur, from Proto-West Germanic sikur, from Latin sēcūrus, from Latin sē- — six.

sikkerhetsnål (Norwegian Bokmål): a safety pin

Definitions

  1. a safety pin

Ancestry of “sikkerhetsnål”, step by step

sikkerhetsnål traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål sikkerhet

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålsikkerhetsecurity; safety; certainty
2Norwegian Bokmålsikkersafe, secure; sure, certain
3Danishsikkersafe, secure; sure, certain
4Middle Low Germanseker—
5Old Saxonsikur—
6Proto-West Germanicsikursecure, safe; sure, certain
7Latinsēcūruscareless, negligent
8Latinsē-apart-; aside-; away
9Latinsexsix; 6
10Proto-Italicsekssix
11Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix

via Norwegian Bokmål nål

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålnåla needle
2Old Norsenálneedle
3Proto-Germanicnēþlōneedle
4Proto-Indo-European(s)neh₁-to spin (thread), to sew
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs →Every word from Latin sē- →Every word from Proto-Italic seks →