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Where does “sikari” come from?

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

sikari (Finnish): cigar

Definitions

  1. cigar

Ancestry of “sikari”, step by step

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

Words derived from “sikari”

  • havannasikari
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