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Where does “zickīn” come from?

zickīn (Old High German) comes from Proto-West Germanic tikkīn, from Proto-West Germanic tigā — she-goat.

zickīn (Old High German): kid

Definitions

  1. kid

Ancestry of “zickīn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanictikkīnkid, young goat
2Proto-West Germanictigāshe-goat

Words derived from “zickīn”

  • Zimtzicke
  • Zicke
  • zickig
  • zickīn
Every word from Proto-West Germanic tigā →