Where does “sigurnost” come from?

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

sigurnost (Serbo-Croatian): security; safety; confidence

Definitions

  1. security; safety; confidence

Ancestry of “sigurnost”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatiansȉgūransure, certain
2Venetiansiguro—
3Latinsēcūruscareless, negligent
4Latinsē-apart-; aside-; away
5Latinsexsix; 6
6Proto-Italicsekssix
7Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix

Words derived from “sigurnost”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs →Every word from Latin sē- →Every word from Proto-Italic seks →