An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Zingel

by Friedrich Kluge

Zingel, masculine, ‘stone wall, palisade,’ from Middle High German zingel, masculine, ‘rampart,’ whence Modern High German umzingeln, ‘to encircle, surround’ (Middle High German zingeln, ‘to make an entrenchment’), formed like Latin cingulus, cingere.