Where does “usikkerhet” come from?
usikkerhet (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål usikker, 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.
usikkerhet (Norwegian Bokmål): uncertainty; insecurity
Ancestry of “usikkerhet”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | usikker | uncertain; unsafe; unsure |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | sikker | safe, secure; sure, certain |
| 3 | Danish | sikker | safe, secure; sure, certain |
| 4 | Middle Low German | seker | — |
| 5 | Old Saxon | sikur | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | sikur | secure, safe; sure, certain |
| 7 | Latin | sēcūrus | — |
| 8 | Latin | sē- | — |
| 9 | Latin | sex | six; 6 |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | seks | six |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | swéḱs | six |