Where does “tiger” come from?
tiger (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Latin tīgris, from Ancient Greek Τίγρις, from Old Persian 𐎫𐎡𐎥𐎼𐎠, from Akkadian 𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼, from Sumerian 𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼 — as fast as an arrow.
tiger (Norwegian Bokmål): a tiger, Panthera tigris
Ancestry of “tiger”, step by step
Words derived from “tiger”