Where does “trafikmärke” come from?

trafikmärke (Swedish) comes from Swedish trafik, from Italian traffico, from Vulgar Latin transfricare, from Latin fricō, from Latin frio, from Proto-Italic *friāō.

trafikmärke (Swedish): a traffic sign

Definitions

  1. a traffic sign

Ancestry of “trafikmärke”, step by step

trafikmärke traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish trafik

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishtrafiktraffic
2Italiantrafficotraffic; trade; activity, rush
3Vulgar Latintransfricareto rub across
4Latinfricōto rub
5LatinfrioI crumble, rub, or break into pieces
6Proto-Italic*friāō—

via Swedish märke

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishmärkemark, brand, make; stigma
2Old Swedishmærki—
3Old Norsemerkiboundary
4Proto-Germanicmarkōborder, boundary; region, area
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmorǵ-edge, boundary, border; frontier, border
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