Where does “sicer” come from?

sicer (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic *sikur, from Latin sēcūrus, from Latin sē-, from Latin sex, from Proto-Italic seks, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs — six.

Ancestry of “sicer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*sikur
2Latinsēcūruscareless, negligent
3Latinsē-apart-; aside-; away
4Latinsexsix; 6
5Proto-Italicsekssix
6Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱsEvery word from Latin sē-Every word from Proto-Italic seks