Where does “zygzak” come from?

zygzak (Polish) comes from French zigzag, from German Zickzack, from Italian zigzagare, from Russian зигза́г — zigzag.

zygzak (Polish): zigzag

Definitions

  1. zigzag

Ancestry of “zygzak”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchzigzagzigzag
2GermanZickzackzigzag
3Italianzigzagareintransitive; to zigzag; to walk in a zigzag...
4Russianзигза́гzigzag
Every word from Russian зигза́г →Every word from Italian zigzagare →Every word from German Zickzack →