Where does “zigizaga” come from?

zigizaga (Swahili) comes from English Zigzag, from French zigzag, from German Zickzack, from Italian zigzagare, from Russian зигза́г — zigzag.

zigizaga (Swahili): zigzag

Definitions

  1. zigzag

Ancestry of “zigizaga”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishZigzagA line or path that proceeds by sharp turns in alternating directions
2Frenchzigzagzigzag
3GermanZickzackzigzag
4Italianzigzagareintransitive; to zigzag; to walk in a zigzag...
5Russianзигза́гzigzag
Every word from Russian зигза́г →Every word from Italian zigzagare →Every word from German Zickzack →
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