Where does “sigg” come from?

sigg (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål sigarett, 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...

sigg (Norwegian Bokmål): cig, ciggy

Definitions

  1. cig, ciggy

Ancestry of “sigg”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålsigaretta cigarette
2Frenchcigarettecigarette
3Frenchcigarecigar
4Spanishcigarrocigar; cigarette
5Spanishcigarracicada
6Vulgar Latin*cicār(r)a—
7Latincicadacicada, tree-cricket; vocative singular of...
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