An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Zucht

by Friedrich Kluge

Zucht, feminine, ‘breeding, rearing, breed, brood, education, discipline,’ from Middle High German and Old High German zuht, feminine, ‘marching, expedition; education, discipline; culture, propriety; that which is trained, cultivated; posterity.’ A verbal abstract of ziehen (compare Flucht from fliehen); corresponding to Low German and Dutch tucht, Anglo-Saxon tyht, Danish tugt, Gothic *taúhts (in ustaúhts, ‘completion’). — Derivatives —