köken: From Middle High German zǣhe, from Old High German zāhi, zāh, from Proto-West Germanic *tą̄h(ī) (“fitting; clinging; tenacious; tough”). Cognate with Dutch taai (“tough; chewy”), Low German taag (“tough; chewy”), English tough. Doublet of taff.
köken: Inherited from Old East Slavic жестъкъ (žestŭkŭ), from Proto-Slavic *žestъkъ. Cognate to Old Church Slavonic жестъ (žestŭ, “hard”), жестѣти (žestěti, “to harden”). Also related to жесто́кий (žestókij, “cruel”).
köken: From Middle Dutch taey, from Old Dutch *tāi, from earlier *tāhi, from Proto-West Germanic *tą̄h(ī), from Proto-Germanic *tanhuz. Cognate with German zäh, English tough.
tough, durable, resilient, hardy (strong and resilient; lasting attempts to break, flex, bend, etc.) · tough, chewy (difficult to cut or chew; having a pliable or springy texture when chewed) · tenacious, dogged, persistent, tough (unwilling to yield from a point of view, etc.; refusing to give up or give in)
çekim: karşılaştırma sitkeämpi · üstünlük sitkein
eş: sitkas
köken: From Proto-Finnic *citkedä (compare Estonian sitke, Ingrian sitkiä, Karelian sitkie, Veps sitked, Võro sikkõ, Votic sitka), which is also more distantly related to Northern Sami dađgat.