Where does “chich” come from?
chich (English) comes from French chiche, from Old French cice, from Proto-Albanian tsitsā, from Spanish chicha, from Kuna chichab — Corn.
chich (English): The chickpea
Definitions
- The chickpea
Ancestry of “chich”, step by step
chich traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French chiche
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | chiche | mean, stingy; scanty, meagre, stingy; able,... |
| 2 | Old French | cice | — |
| 3 | Proto-Albanian | tsitsā | — |
| 4 | Spanish | chicha | meat; flesh; boob; chicha |
| 5 | Kuna | chichab | Corn |
via Proto-Athabaskan *čʷəǯʷ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Athabaskan | *čʷəǯʷ | dry wood, firewood |