Where does “zecke” come from?

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

zecke (German): tick animal

Definitions

  1. tick animal

Ancestry of “zecke”, step by step

zecke traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle High German zecke

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

via Italian zecca

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianzeccamint; tick
2Arabicسِكَّةdie for coining, coin

Words derived from “zecke”

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