Where does “ticăi” come from?

ticăi (Romanian) comes from Middle English tic-, from Middle English tiche, from Old English tiċċen, from Proto-West Germanic tikkīn, from Proto-West Germanic tigā — she-goat.

ticăi (Romanian): to tick

Definitions

  1. to tick

Ancestry of “ticăi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishtic-—
2Middle Englishtiche—
3Old Englishtiċċenyoung goat; kid; goatling
4Proto-West Germanictikkīnkid, young goat
5Proto-West Germanictigāshe-goat

Words derived from “ticăi”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic tigā →Every word from Proto-West Germanic tikkīn →Every word from Middle English tic- →