Where does “zeko” come from?

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

zeko (Ido): tick

Definitions

  1. tick

Ancestry of “zeko”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanzecketick animal
2Middle High Germanzecke—
3Old High Germanzecko—
4Proto-West Germanic*tīkōtick
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *tīkō →Every word from Old High German zecko →Every word from Middle High German zecke →