Where does “cigaretmærke” come from?

cigaretmærke (Danish) comes from Danish cigaret, from French cigarette, from French cigare, from Spanish cigarro, from Spanish cigarra, from Vulgar Latin *cicār(r)a, from Latin cicada — cicada, tree-cricket; vocative singular of...

cigaretmærke (Danish): cigarette brand

Definitions

  1. cigarette brand

Ancestry of “cigaretmærke”, step by step

cigaretmærke traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish cigaret

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishcigaretcigarette
2Frenchcigarettecigarette
3Frenchcigarecigar
4Spanishcigarrocigar; cigarette
5Spanishcigarracicada
6Vulgar Latin*cicār(r)a—
7Latincicadacicada, tree-cricket; vocative singular of...

via Danish mærke

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishmærkemark, sign, label, tag; mark, trace {(q|visible...
2Old Norsemerkiboundary
3Proto-Germanicmarkōborder, boundary; region, area
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmorǵ-edge, boundary, border; frontier, border
Every word from Latin cicada →Every word from Vulgar Latin *cicār(r)a →Every word from Spanish cigarra →