Where does “zigzag” come from?

zigzag (Dutch) comes from French zigzag, from German Zickzack, from Italian zigzagare, from Russian зигза́г — zigzag.

zigzag (Dutch): zigzag line in a sawtooth pattern

Definitions

  1. zigzag line in a sawtooth pattern

Ancestry of “zigzag”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchzigzagzigzag
2GermanZickzackzigzag
3Italianzigzagareintransitive; to zigzag; to walk in a zigzag...
4Russianзигза́гzigzag

Words derived from “zigzag”

Every word from Russian зигза́г →Every word from Italian zigzagare →Every word from German Zickzack →
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