Where does “usikker” come from?
usikker (Norwegian Bokmål) comes 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-, from Latin sex — six.
usikker (Norwegian Bokmål): uncertain; unsafe; unsure
Definitions
- uncertain; unsafe; unsure
Ancestry of “usikker”, step by step
usikker traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål sikker
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | sikker | safe, secure; sure, certain |
| 2 | Danish | sikker | safe, secure; sure, certain |
| 3 | Middle Low German | seker | — |
| 4 | Old Saxon | sikur | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | sikur | secure, safe; sure, certain |
| 6 | Latin | sēcūrus | careless, negligent |
| 7 | Latin | sē- | apart-; aside-; away |
| 8 | Latin | sex | six; 6 |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | seks | six |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | swéḱs | six |
via Norwegian Bokmål U
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | U | The uppercase form of u, the twenty-first letter of the Norwegian Bokmål alphabet, written in the Latin script; preceded by t and followed by v |
| 2 | Latin | v | Capital form of |
| 3 | Etruscan | 𐌖 | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | Υ | ypsilon |
| 5 | Phoenician | 𐤅 | waw; {{l|en|waw}} |
| 6 | Egyptian | 𓏲 | — |