Where does “зигзаг” come from?

зигзаг (Ukrainian) comes from French zigzag, from German Zickzack, from Italian zigzagare, from Russian зигза́г — zigzag.

зигзаг (Ukrainian): zigzag

Definitions

  1. zigzag

Ancestry of “зигзаг”, step by step

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