Where does “ziggy” come from?
ziggy (English) comes from English Y, from English yuri, from Japanese 百合, from Japanese 連用形, from Japanese 見る, from Japanese 夢, from Old Japanese 夢, from Japanese 目.
ziggy (English): zigzaggy
Definitions
- zigzaggy
Ancestry of “ziggy”, step by step
ziggy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Y
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Y | A figure or mark in the shape of the letter Y; A... |
| 2 | English | yuri | A narrative or visual work featuring a romance or... |
| 3 | Japanese | 百合 | lily |
| 4 | Japanese | 連用形 | an inflectional category: the continuative or... |
| 5 | Japanese | 見る | to see, to watch, to observe, to look at... |
| 6 | Japanese | 夢 | a dream; a vision; leaving reality to the state... |
| 7 | Old Japanese | 夢 | a dream |
| 8 | Japanese | 目 | an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger... |
| 9 | Middle Chinese | 目 | — |
via English zig
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | zig | A sudden or sharp turn or change of direction; To... |
| 2 | English | Zigzag | A line or path that proceeds by sharp turns in alternating directions |
| 3 | French | zigzag | zigzag |
| 4 | German | Zickzack | zigzag |
| 5 | Italian | zigzagare | intransitive; to zigzag; to walk in a zigzag... |
| 6 | Russian | зигза́г | zigzag |