Etymology Explorer › Middle High German

Where does “zige” come from?

zige (Middle High German) comes from Old High German ziga, from Proto-West Germanic tigā — she-goat.

Ancestry of “zige”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanziga—
2Proto-West Germanictigāshe-goat

Words derived from “zige”

  • Ziegenmelker
  • Ziegenficker
  • Ziegenbart
  • Ziege
  • sike
Every word from Proto-West Germanic tigā →