Where does “cigé” come from?

cigé (Champenois) comes from Old French cisel, from Vulgar Latin cisellum, from Latin caesellum, from Latin caesus, from Latin caedō, from Proto-Italic kaidō, from Proto-Indo-European keh₂id-.

cigé (Champenois): chisel

Definitions

  1. chisel

Ancestry of “cigé”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchciselpair of scissors
2Vulgar Latincisellum—
3Latincaesellum—
4Latincaesuscut, hewn, felled; struck, beaten; killed
5Latincaedōto cut, hew, fell
6Proto-Italickaidōto cut, to hew, to fell
7Proto-Indo-Europeankeh₂id-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European keh₂id- →Every word from Proto-Italic kaidō →Every word from Latin caedō →