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Where does “siguran” come from?

siguran (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Venetian siguro, from Latin sēcūrus, from Latin sē-, from Latin sex, from Proto-Italic seks, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs — six.

Ancestry of “siguran”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Venetiansiguro—
2Latinsēcūrus—
3Latinsē-—
4Latinsexsix; 6
5Proto-Italicsekssix
6Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix

Words derived from “siguran”

  • sigurnost
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs →