Where does “IT-säkerhet” come from?

IT-säkerhet (Swedish) comes from Swedish säkerhet, from Old Swedish sikerhet, from Middle Low German sekerheit.

IT-säkerhet (Swedish): information technology security, cybersecurity

Definitions

  1. information technology security, cybersecurity

Ancestry of “IT-säkerhet”, step by step

IT-säkerhet traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish säkerhet

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishsäkerhetcertainty; security, safety; a security
2Old Swedishsikerhet—
3Middle Low Germansekerheit—

via Swedish IT

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SwedishIT—
Every word from Middle Low German sekerheit →Every word from Old Swedish sikerhet →Every word from Swedish säkerhet →