Where does “zecke” come from?
zecke (German) comes from Middle High German zecke, from Old High German zecko, from Proto-West Germanic *tīkō.
Ancestry of “zecke”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle High German | zecke | — |
| 2 | Old High German | zecko | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *tīkō | — |