Where does “Zeckenbiss” come from?

Zeckenbiss (German) comes from German zecke, from Middle High German zecke, from Old High German zecko, from Proto-West Germanic *tīkō — tick.

Zeckenbiss (German): tick bite

Definitions

  1. tick bite

Ancestry of “Zeckenbiss”, step by step

Zeckenbiss traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German zecke

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanzecketick animal
2Middle High Germanzecke—
3Old High Germanzecko—
4Proto-West Germanic*tīkōtick

via German biss

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanbissfirst/third-person singular preterite of beißen
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *tīkō →Every word from Old High German zecko →Every word from Middle High German zecke →