Etymology

ziege

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Today it means: An edible freshwater fish, Pelecus cultratus, of the order Cypriniformes, with an oblique mouth, a low wavy lateral line and a sharp-edged belly. Full definition →

German Ziege ← Middle High German zige ← Old High German ziga
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The story

  1. Proto-West Germanic · derived from*tigā
  2. Old High German · derived fromziga
  3. Middle High German · derived fromzige
  4. German · borrowed fromZiege
  5. English todayziege

From German Ziege, from Middle High German zige, from Old High German ziga, from Proto-West Germanic *tigā. Compare Old Armenian տիկ (tik, “wineskin”), Albanian dhi (“she-goat”), Ishkashimi [script needed] (dec, “goatskin bag”), and further German Zicke, which is cognate with English tick (“goat”).

Words from the same roots

Proto-West Germanic*tigā all →

tick

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.