Where does “ticăială” come from?

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

ticăială (Romanian): ticking

Definitions

  1. ticking

Ancestry of “ticăială”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianticăito tick
2Middle Englishtic-—
3Middle Englishtiche—
4Old Englishtiċċenyoung goat; kid; goatling
5Proto-West Germanictikkīnkid, young goat
6Proto-West Germanictigāshe-goat
Every word from Proto-West Germanic tigā →Every word from Proto-West Germanic tikkīn →Every word from Middle English tic- →