Where does “tiger” come from?

tiger (Middle Dutch) comes from Old French tigre, from Latin tīgris, from Ancient Greek Τίγρις, from Old Persian 𐎫𐎡𐎥𐎼𐎠, from Akkadian 𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼, from Sumerian 𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼 — as fast as an arrow.

tiger (Middle Dutch): tiger

Definitions

  1. tiger

Ancestry of “tiger”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchtigretiger; tigress
2Latintīgristiger
3Ancient GreekΤίγριςtiger
4Old Persian𐎫𐎡𐎥𐎼𐎠Tigris
5Akkadian𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼
6Sumerian𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼as fast as an arrow

Words derived from “tiger

Every word from Sumerian 𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼