Where does “Zeckennymphe” come from?

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

Zeckennymphe (German): tick nymph

Definitions

  1. tick nymph

Ancestry of “Zeckennymphe”, step by step

Zeckennymphe 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 Nymphe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanNymphenymph
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *tīkō →Every word from Old High German zecko →Every word from Middle High German zecke →