Where does “trafikkulykke” come from?

trafikkulykke (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål trafikk, from Italian traffico, from Vulgar Latin transfricare, from Latin fricō, from Latin frio, from Proto-Italic *friāō.

trafikkulykke (Norwegian Bokmål): a road accident

Definitions

  1. a road accident

Ancestry of “trafikkulykke”, step by step

trafikkulykke traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål trafikk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmåltrafikktraffic
2Italiantrafficotraffic; trade; activity, rush
3Vulgar Latintransfricareto rub across
4Latinfricōto rub
5LatinfrioI crumble, rub, or break into pieces
6Proto-Italic*friāō—

via Norwegian Bokmål ulykke

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålulykkeaccident; misfortune
2Old Norseúlykka—
3Middle Low Germanungelucke—
Every word from Proto-Italic *friāō →Every word from Latin frio →Every word from Latin fricō →