According to SAOB online: viaMiddle Low Germansīfer,sīfere fromOld Frenchcifre,^[1] from...

According to Svensk etymologisk ordbok: via lateOld High Germancifre fromOld Frenchcifre,^[2] from...

...Medieval Latincifra, fromArabicصِفْر (“zero, empty, nothing”),calqued fromSanskritशून्य(śūnya), formed fromProto-Indo-European*ḱówH-. NEO and SO claim direct derivation from Latin.^[3][4] Related withchiffer, see cognates atصفر.

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1. a singledigit

   Den ursprungliga modellen med 10siffrors kapacitet.

   The original model with 10-digit capacity.

2. afigure, anumeral, anumber, anestimate

   I Sverige skulle en förläggare ansettsiffran acceptabel.

   In Sweden a publisher would have considered thatnumber acceptable.

   Nedanståendesiffror ger ett begrepp om granatkastarnas viktigaste egenskaper.

   Thenumbers below give an indication of the most important properties of the grenade-throwers.

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