Where does “cigaretsælger” come from?

cigaretsælger (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...

cigaretsælger (Danish): cigarette salesperson, cigarette vendor,...

Definitions

  1. cigarette salesperson, cigarette vendor,...

Ancestry of “cigaretsælger”, step by step

cigaretsælger 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 sælger

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishsælgerseller; salesman, salesperson; vendor
2Old Norseseljariseller
3Old Norseseljato hand over, deliver; to sell, part with;...
4Proto-Germanicsaljanąto offer, to give
5Proto-Indo-Europeanselh₁-to take
Every word from Latin cicada →Every word from Vulgar Latin *cicār(r)a →Every word from Spanish cigarra →