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.
Zeckenbiss (German): tick bite
Ancestry of “Zeckenbiss”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | German | zecke | — |
| 2 | Middle High German | zecke | — |
| 3 | Old High German | zecko | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *tīkō | — |