Where does “cigarettändare” come from?
cigarettändare (Swedish) comes from Swedish tändare, from Swedish tända, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa.
cigarettändare (Swedish): cigarette lighter
Definitions
- cigarette lighter
Ancestry of “cigarettändare”, step by step
cigarettändare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish tändare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | tändare | a lighter (fire-making device) |
| 2 | Swedish | tända | to light, to ignite; to turn on lights; to... |
| 3 | Swedish | a | from |
| 4 | Swedish | avlopp | a drain; sewage |
| 5 | Swedish | lopp | a race (running competition or (in an extended sense) other speed competition, like in English) |
| 6 | Swedish | löpa | to run along, stretch; to run, to move quickly... |
| 7 | Old Swedish | løpa | to run |
| 8 | Old Norse | hlaupa | to leap, jump, spring |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | hlaupaną | to jump forward, to leap |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | klaup- | — |
via Swedish cigarett
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | cigarett | a cigarette |