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Zicke, feminine, ‘kid,’ from Middle High German zickelîn, Old High German zicchî, zickîn (for the suffix -în, see Schwein), neuter; corresponding to Anglo-Saxon tiččen. A diminutive of Teutonic tigô-, ‘she-goat.’ Compare Ziege.