Etymology Explorer › Middle High German

Where does “zecke” come from?

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

Ancestry of “zecke”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanzecko—
2Proto-West Germanic*tīkō—

Words derived from “zecke”

  • Zeck
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *tīkō →