Where does “pikkusikari” come from?

pikkusikari (Finnish) comes from Finnish sikari, from Swedish cigarr, from Spanish cigarro, from Spanish cigarra, from Vulgar Latin *cicār(r)a, from Latin cicada — cicada, tree-cricket; vocative singular of...

pikkusikari (Finnish): cigarillo

Definitions

  1. cigarillo

Ancestry of “pikkusikari”, step by step

pikkusikari traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sikari

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

via Finnish pikku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpikkulittle, small; little old
2Finnishpienilittle, small; Third-person singular indicative...
3Proto-Finnicpeenilittle, small; fine
Every word from Latin cicada →