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Where does “Zicke” come from?

Zicke (German) comes from Middle High German zickīn, from Old High German zickīn, from Proto-West Germanic tikkīn, from Proto-West Germanic tigā — she-goat.

Zicke (German): she-goat, nanny goat; a touchy, fractious or...

Definitions

  1. she-goat, nanny goat; a touchy, fractious or...

Ancestry of “Zicke”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanzickīn—
2Old High Germanzickīnkid
3Proto-West Germanictikkīnkid, young goat
4Proto-West Germanictigāshe-goat

Words derived from “Zicke”

  • Zimtzicke
  • zickig
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