Where does “sikkerhetstiltak” come from?

sikkerhetstiltak (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.

sikkerhetstiltak (Norwegian Bokmål): a safety measure

Definitions

  1. a safety measure

Ancestry of “sikkerhetstiltak”, step by step

sikkerhetstiltak 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 tiltak

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmåltiltakmeasure; action; effort
2Norwegian Bokmåltilto
3Norwegian Bokmålfluktflight, escape
4Middle Low Germanvlucht
5Proto-West Germanic*fluhtīact of flying, flight
6Proto-Germanic*fluhtiją
7Proto-Germanicflehtanąto plait, to weave
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpleḱ-to fold, plait, weave
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpel-to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱsEvery word from Latin sē-Every word from Proto-Italic seks