Where does “trafiksäkerhet” come from?

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

trafiksäkerhet (Swedish): road safety

Definitions

  1. road safety

Ancestry of “trafiksäkerhet”, step by step

trafiksäkerhet 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 säkerhet

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishsäkerhetcertainty; security, safety; a security
2Old Swedishsikerhet—
3Middle Low Germansekerheit—
Every word from Proto-Italic *friāō →Every word from Latin frio →Every word from Latin fricō →