Where does “zigoto” come from?

zigoto (French) comes from French zig, from French zigue, from French gigue, from Old French gige, from Frankish gīge, from Proto-Germanic gīganą, from Proto-Indo-European gʰeyǵʰ-.

zigoto (French): weirdo, nutter

Definitions

  1. weirdo, nutter

Ancestry of “zigoto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchzigguy; bloke; individual
2Frenchziguebloke
3Frenchgiguestring instrument, roughly in the form of a...
4Old Frenchgige—
5Frankishgīgedance, fiddle
6Proto-Germanicgīganąto move, wish, desire
7Proto-Indo-Europeangʰeyǵʰ-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰeyǵʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic gīganą →Every word from Frankish gīge →