Where does “chick” come from?

chick (Yola) comes from Middle English chike, from Old English ċicen — chicken.

chick (Yola): chicken

Definitions

  1. chicken

Ancestry of “chick”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishchike—
2Old Englishċicenchicken
Every word from Old English ċicen →Every word from Middle English chike →
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