Where does “cigaretrør” come from?

cigaretrør (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...

cigaretrør (Danish): cigarette holder; a slender tube in which a...

Definitions

  1. cigarette holder; a slender tube in which a...

Ancestry of “cigaretrør”, step by step

cigaretrør 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 rør

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishrørreed; pipe, tube; imperative of røre
2Middle Low Germanrōder—
3Old Saxonrōthar—
4Proto-Germanicrōþrąoar; rudder
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁reh₁-to row; to separate; loose, sparse, rare
Every word from Latin cicada →Every word from Vulgar Latin *cicār(r)a →Every word from Spanish cigarra →