Where does “cigarettænder” come from?
cigarettænder (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...
cigarettænder (Danish): cigarette lighter, cigarette igniter
Definitions
- cigarette lighter, cigarette igniter
Ancestry of “cigarettænder”, step by step
cigarettænder traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Danish cigaret
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | cigaret | cigarette |
| 2 | French | cigarette | cigarette |
| 3 | French | cigare | cigar |
| 4 | Spanish | cigarro | cigar; cigarette |
| 5 | Spanish | cigarra | cicada |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | *cicār(r)a | — |
| 7 | Latin | cicada | cicada, tree-cricket; vocative singular of... |
via Danish tænder
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | tænder | lighter, igniter; present of tænde; indefinite... |
| 2 | Danish | tænde | to kindle, ignite, set fire to; to switch on,... |
| 3 | Old Danish | tændæ | — |
| 4 | Old Norse | tenda | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | tandijaną | to kindle, to light on fire |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | tinnaną | to burn |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dendʰneti | — |