Where does “Zigzag” come from?

Zigzag (English) comes from French zigzag, from German Zickzack, from Italian zigzagare, from Russian зигза́г.

Ancestry of “Zigzag”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	French	zigzag	zigzag
2	German	Zickzack	zigzag
3	Italian	zigzagare	intransitive; to zigzag; to walk in a zigzag...
4	Russian	зигза́г	—

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