Where does “sikarileikkuri” come from?
sikarileikkuri (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...
sikarileikkuri (Finnish): cigar cutter
Definitions
- cigar cutter
Ancestry of “sikarileikkuri”, step by step
sikarileikkuri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish sikari
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sikari | cigar |
| 2 | Swedish | cigarr | cigar |
| 3 | Spanish | cigarro | cigar; cigarette |
| 4 | Spanish | cigarra | cicada |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | *cicār(r)a | — |
| 6 | Latin | cicada | cicada, tree-cricket; vocative singular of... |
via Finnish leikkuri
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | leikkuri | cutter |
| 2 | Finnish | leikata | to cut; to incise; to mow |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | leik'at'ak | to cut |