köken: Inherited from Old French sigue, cegue (13th c.), variant of cëue (12th c.), inherited from Latin cicūta. Irregular preservation or restoration of -g- < Latin -c- (as in aigre, aigu, égal etc.) may be due to southern Gallo-Romance influence, partial relatinisation, and/or the general desire for a fuller phonetic form.
hemlock (Conium gen. et spp., particularly Conium maculatum)
köken: Through a Semitic borrowing, however a false cognate to the Semitic root for drunkenness, intoxication (Arabic س ك ر (s k r)); from a form equaling Aramaic שׁכרונא / ܫܲܟܪܘܿܢܵܐ (šaḵrōnā, “henbane”), Hebrew שִׁכָּרוֹן (šikārōn, “henbane”), Arabic سَكْرَان (sakrān), سَيْكَرَان (saykarān, “henbane”). Derived from Akkadian 𒌑𒅫 (^(U₂).ŠAKIR /šakirû/, “a plant, drug”), ultimately a loan from Sumerian…