Where does “zig” come from?

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

zig (English): A sudden or sharp turn or change of direction; To...

Definitions

  1. A sudden or sharp turn or change of direction; To...

Ancestry of “zig”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishZigzagA line or path that proceeds by sharp turns in alternating directions
2Frenchzigzagzigzag
3GermanZickzackzigzag
4Italianzigzagareintransitive; to zigzag; to walk in a zigzag...
5Russianзигза́гzigzag

Words derived from “zig”

Every word from Russian зигза́г →