Where does “zig” come from?
zig (French) comes from French zigue, from French gigue, from Old French gige, from Frankish gīge, from Proto-Germanic gīganą, from Proto-Indo-European gʰeyǵʰ-.
Ancestry of “zig”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | zigue | — |
| 2 | French | gigue | string instrument, roughly in the form of a... |
| 3 | Old French | gige | — |
| 4 | Frankish | gīge | dance, fiddle |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | gīganą | to move, wish, desire |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰeyǵʰ- | — |